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ruet

(10,123 posts) Tue Apr 29, 2025, 03:31 PM Tuesday

Hegseth 'proud' to end Women, Peace and Security program

Source: The Hill

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared Tuesday that he had begun to shutter a Pentagon program meant to advance women’s participation in peace-building and conflict prevention, which was created by a law written by GOP lawmakers and signed by President Trump during his first term.

“This morning, I proudly ENDED the ‘Women, Peace & Security’ (WPS) program inside the [Defense Department],” Hegseth wrote in a post on the social platform X.

He said the program was “yet another woke divisive/social justice/Biden initiative that overburdens our commanders and troops — distracting from our core task: WAR-FIGHTING.”

Hegseth also called WPS a “UNITED NATIONS program pushed by feminists and left-wing activists,” claiming that “troops HATE it.”

As the program is under federal statute and can’t be outright killed by Hegseth alone, he said the Pentagon would comply with the minimum requirements of the WPS and fight to end the program during the department’s next appropriations process.

Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5272905-hegseth-pentagon-women-peace-security/

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Hegseth 'proud' to end Women, Peace and Security program (Original Post) ruet Tuesday OP

The liquor JustAnotherGen Tuesday #1

Wonder how his wife, who he brings to Top Secret meetings, Bayard Tuesday #2

she married a rapist Skittles Tuesday #13

The fact that she would marry such a loser BonnieJW Wednesday #15

Any chance of ending Signal use? IronLionZion Tuesday #3

I like to see him in a ring with a female marine like my Ex. rickyhall Tuesday #4

So Trump I was too woke for Trump 2? What a bunch of idiot assholes. LymphocyteLover Tuesday #5

And The Leopards Come Deep State Witch Tuesday #6

It's time liberalgunwilltravel Tuesday #7

This from Occupy Democrats on Facebook: generalbetrayus Tuesday #8

How much more of this shit are we gonna have to put up with? calimary Tuesday #9

Fuck Hogsbreath. LudwigPastorius Tuesday #10

This message was self-deleted by its author LudwigPastorius Tuesday #11

Hey, Hogsbreath lonely bird Tuesday #12

Remember what Hegseth's mom said.... before she tried to take it back IcyPeas Wednesday #14

This message was self-deleted by its author COL Mustard Wednesday #16

Hey drunk shit for brains Hegseth...............do you by some strange chance know who flew bombers over to turbinetree Wednesday #17

Hegseth targets 'Women, Peace and Security' program championed by Trump, Noem and Rubio LetMyPeopleVote Wednesday #18

JustAnotherGen

(34,799 posts)

1. The liquor

Reply to ruet (Original post)

Tue Apr 29, 2025, 03:33 PM

Tuesday

Needs to be quicker at ending him.

Bayard

(24,846 posts)

2. Wonder how his wife, who he brings to Top Secret meetings,

Reply to ruet (Original post)

Tue Apr 29, 2025, 03:35 PM

Tuesday

Feels about his--and his boss's--complete misogyny?

Skittles

(163,831 posts)

13. she married a rapist

Reply to Bayard (Reply #2)

Tue Apr 29, 2025, 11:36 PM

Tuesday

she knows all about him

BonnieJW

(2,876 posts)

15. The fact that she would marry such a loser

Reply to Skittles (Reply #13)

Wed Apr 30, 2025, 05:15 AM

Wednesday

And bear his kids says all you need to know about her

IronLionZion

(48,651 posts)

3. Any chance of ending Signal use?

Reply to ruet (Original post)

Tue Apr 29, 2025, 03:36 PM

Tuesday

No? The meritocracy of super geniuses is no longer held back by women, peace, or security.

rickyhall

(5,159 posts)

4. I like to see him in a ring with a female marine like my Ex.

Reply to ruet (Original post)

Tue Apr 29, 2025, 04:09 PM

Tuesday

LymphocyteLover

(7,896 posts)

5. So Trump I was too woke for Trump 2? What a bunch of idiot assholes.

Reply to ruet (Original post)

Tue Apr 29, 2025, 04:30 PM

Tuesday

Deep State Witch

(11,758 posts)

6. And The Leopards Come

Reply to ruet (Original post)

Tue Apr 29, 2025, 04:45 PM

Tuesday

For Princess Sparkle Pony's face!

liberalgunwilltravel

(789 posts)

7. It's time

Reply to ruet (Original post)

Tue Apr 29, 2025, 05:09 PM

Tuesday

For a brave woman to “end” Pete Hegseth. Enough of this cretin’s destruction. Make him pay dearly.

generalbetrayus

(849 posts)

8. This from Occupy Democrats on Facebook:

Reply to ruet (Original post)

Tue Apr 29, 2025, 05:29 PM

Tuesday

"BREAKING: Ivanka Trump suffers the consequences of her father's sexist agenda as MAGA Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth terminates her signature "Women, Peace and Security program" for being too "woke."
And it gets even more embarrassing...
"This morning, I proudly ENDED the 'Women, Peace & Security' (WPS) program inside the @DeptofDefense. WPS is yet another woke divisive/social justice/Biden initiative that overburdens our commanders and troops — distracting from our core task: WAR-FIGHTING," Hegseth posted.
He went on to smear WPS as a United Nations program that was "pushed by feminists and left-wing activists," claiming that "politicians fawn over it" while "troops HATE it."
"GOOD RIDDANCE WPS!" he added.
In reality, the program was enacted in 2017 by Trump when he signed the Women, Peace and Security Act. His campaign later celebrated the program to woo female voters.
It was championed by Ivanka and then-Senator Marco Rubio. Ivanka again lauded it in 2019, saying that she was "proud to announce" that Colombia would be developing a WPS National Action Plan.
Earlier this month, Rubio celebrated the initiative, calling it a "bill that I was very proud to have been a co-sponsor of when I was in the Senate."
It appears that Hegseth — an alleged alcoholic who rarely seems to be thinking straight — failed to realize that WPS was a Trump-created and Ivanka-backed program rather than a Biden-created one.
Hegseth pathetically attempted to backtrack on his first tweet with a followup post two hours later, writing that the Biden administration "distorted & weaponized the straight-forward & security-focused WPS initiative launched in 2017.
"So—yes—we are ending the 'woke divisive/social justice/Biden (WPS) initiative.' Biden ruined EVERYTHING, including 'Women, Peace & Security,'" he concluded.
As is to be expected from a MAGA hack, Hegseth provided no evidence for his claim that President Biden corrupted the program. In all likelihood, he eliminated the program and then realized that it wasn't a product of the Biden administration.
This guy is a booze-fueled mess who shouldn't be trusted to tie his own shoes in the morning, let alone run the Pentagon.
Please like and share!"

Hogsbreath may actually get his pee-pee whacked on this one if Orange Julius Caesar still recognizes and listens to his daughter Ivanka.

calimary

(86,053 posts)

9. How much more of this shit are we gonna have to put up with?

Reply to ruet (Original post)

Tue Apr 29, 2025, 09:49 PM

Tuesday

Have ANY of our "representatives" shown any SPINE at all? Or are they busy wringing their hands and lamenting how awful it all is?

What are we PAYING THEM FOR? Certainly doesn't seem to be any activity that involves "representing" us...

LudwigPastorius

(12,321 posts)

10. Fuck Hogsbreath.

Reply to ruet (Original post)

Tue Apr 29, 2025, 10:42 PM

Tuesday

He's Trump's little punk b.

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lonely bird

(2,280 posts)

12. Hey, Hogsbreath

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Tue Apr 29, 2025, 10:55 PM

Tuesday

The core task is not war fighting. It is defense which also means stopping war before it starts.

IcyPeas

(23,506 posts)

14. Remember what Hegseth's mom said.... before she tried to take it back

Reply to ruet (Original post)

Wed Apr 30, 2025, 01:10 AM

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Pete's mother called his behavior — especially in regard to women — "despicable" and "abusive" in the message, which was obtained by The New York Times.

"As a woman and your mother I feel I must speak out," she wrote shortly after his contentious second divorce. "You are an abuser of women — that is the ugly truth and I have no respect for any man that belittles, lies, cheats, sleeps around, and uses women for his own power and ego."

She continued, "You are that man (and have been for years) and as your mother, it pains me and embarrasses me to say that, but it is the sad, sad truth."

Her message concluded: "On behalf of all the women (and I know it's many) you have abused in some way, I say ... get some help and take an honest look at yourself..."

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turbinetree

(26,056 posts)

17. Hey drunk shit for brains Hegseth...............do you by some strange chance know who flew bombers over to

Reply to ruet (Original post)

Wed Apr 30, 2025, 10:27 AM

Wednesday

England during World War 2 and to various locations to relocate planes.......to fight against fascism, or did you skip that part while in high school having a drink ..... here let me remind you asshole.......................

https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/women-take-wing-wartime

and just a reminder asshole these are the first five woman to fly combat missions for the air force and navy...........maybe asshole you can find the female pilot that was Brig General in the air force in the pictures below while you were some piss ant drunk.........worshipping the bottle .................

https://www.airforce.com/origin-story#:~:text=Capt%20Afton%20Brown%20agrees.,the%20chance%20every%20single%20day.

https://www.military.com/history/first-5-women-fly-combat-missions-united-states.html

and has for walking around with some folded flag in your jacket lapel............maybe you should re-read the regs about how to display the flay...............because asshole you are in violation by carrying it around in your lapel jacket.........just shows that your a disgrace..........how you doing with your Signal gate BS..............still using a unsecured line too have gab fest with whoever.............you really are comprised..............you probably don't even know the information classifications hierarchy in the classified system.........maybe you can ask your wife........

LetMyPeopleVote

(162,387 posts)

18. Hegseth targets 'Women, Peace and Security' program championed by Trump, Noem and Rubio

Reply to ruet (Original post)

Wed Apr 30, 2025, 02:04 PM

Wednesday

Pete Hegseth didn’t need another setback, but the Pentagon chief nevertheless condemned a policy long championed by Donald Trump and prominent Republicans.
https://bsky.app/profile/stevebenen.com/post/3lnxsqp7jbk2w

It's true that Pete Hegseth just condemned the "Women, Peace & Security" program that Trump has long championed.

But let's not forget that the legislation — which Hegseth called a "Biden initiative" — was also written by Kristi Noem and Marco Rubio.

Link to tweet

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/hegseth-targets-women-peace-security-program-championed-trump-noem-rub-rcna203541

Oddly enough, that is true: In 2017, Congress easily approved a measure intended to boost women’s role in peace-building and conflict prevention missions. It sailed through both chambers with bipartisan backing, and Trump signed it into law in his first year in office. Trump’s Department of Defense continued to brag about the policy in 2020.

It was against this backdrop that the current defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, decided to make an announcement by way of social media:

This morning, I proudly ENDED the ‘Women, Peace & Security’ (WPS) program inside the [Pentagon]. WPS is yet another woke divisive/social justice/Biden initiative that overburdens our commanders and troops — distracting from our core task: WAR-FIGHTING. WPS is a UNITED NATIONS program pushed by feminists and left-wing activists. Politicians fawn over it; troops HATE it. DoD will hereby executive [sic] the minimum of WPS required by statute, and fight to end the program for our next budget. GOOD RIDDANCE WPS!

Except, of course, this wasn’t a “Biden initiative” — it was touted by the Trump administration as a Trump initiative.

But wait, there’s more. When the Women, Peace, and Security Act was still pending on Capitol Hill, the chief co-sponsor of the legislation was none other than then-Rep. Kristi Noem — before the South Dakota Republican became governor and before she started working alongside Hegseth in the White House Cabinet as the Homeland Security secretary.

In case that weren’t quite enough, when the Women, Peace, and Security Act was considered in the Senate, it was also co-sponsored by then-Sen. Marco Rubio — before the Florida Republican also started working alongside Hegseth in the White House Cabinet as the secretary of state.,,,,,

As Politico reported, Hegseth’s move did not go unnoticed in Congress. Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, who co-wrote the 2017 bill with Rubio, said in a statement that Hegseth’s latest move reflected “a dangerous and disturbing pattern from the Secretary, who clearly does not listen to advice from senior military leaders. He also continues to ignore the invaluable role women play in our national security. It’s startling that just because the word ‘women’ is in the title, this evidence-based security program has been reduced to a DEI program.”

Around the same time, during a Senate Armed Service Committee hearing, Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia noted that Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, Trump’s choice to serve as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, hailed the program during his confirmation hearing.

“The fact that he doesn’t like WPS and the fact that he claims that it’s a Biden issue when it is an initiative that was supported unanimously by Republican majority of the Senate and ‘troops hate it’ when the newly confirmed head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff testifies to its value, I find shocking,” Kaine said.

The president told The Atlantic last week, in reference to Hegseth, “I think he’s gonna get it together.” That might yet be true, but the beleaguered and hapless Pentagon chief apparently hasn’t gotten it together yet.

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