Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) has strongly criticized President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, Pete ...

Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) has strongly criticized President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, over his stance against women serving in combat roles, ...

Illinois lawmakers disagree on the qualifications of President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth. Illinois U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, a veteran, on CBS said ...

Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) over the weekend argued that its his remarks about women serving in combat that should be the nail in the coffin for someone hoping to serve as head of the Pentagon.

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Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth said Sunday that Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary is “flat-out wrong” in his view that women should not serve in the military in ...

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What Duckworth is saying: Duckworth, who serves on the Senate Armed Services Committee, lambasted Hegseth’s views as indicative of his lack of understanding about modern military needs.