Hegseth boasts about the mermaid of “Woke” program that Trump signed in the law

Washington (AP) – Minister of Defense Pete Hegseth On Tuesday, he boasted a program on social media on Tuesday Donald Trump.

In a contribution on the social platform X, Hegseth described the “Women, Peace & Security” program in the Department of Defense “a United Nations program that was promoted by feminists and left -wing activists.

In fact, it was the cross -party legislation that Trump signed in the law in 2017 that recognized the role of women in achieving security goals, especially overseas, if their male colleagues may not be able to deal with direct access to women for cultural or religious reasons or to have direct access.

It is the latest controversial step from Hegseth, while the Pentagon works on nothing programs or Content regarded as promotion of diversityEquity or inclusion. After Trump ordered the federal authorities Delete the content of the DEI contentThe Pentagon issued a broad edict of military services National heroes like Jackie Robinson were removed briefly.

Some of Trump's cabinet officials supported the program for women, peace and security when the legislative procedure went through. And General Dan Caine, chairman of the joint chiefs, told the congress this month that the program had helped troops in battle.

“If we went to the field after completing an attack, we would have female members who would speak to these women and children who had the goal and they would help us understand the human site in a new and new way,” said Caine during his hearing in April.

Trump met and became Caine, when Caine served in Iraq, part of the reason why Trump nominated him in the chair.

Kristi Noem, secretary of the home protection authority in the congress in South Dakota, wrote the house version of the 2017 women, peace and security law in 2017 with the democratic MP Jan Schakowsky from Illinois.

Foreign Minister Marco Rubio, who also sponsored the Senate version of this law as a senator, said this month that “the first law was adopted by every country in the world that focused on the protection of women and the promotion of their participation in society”.

The legislation was based on a resolution, which was unanimously supported by the UN Security Council, the most powerful UN body, in peace, because women and girls historically supported the main burden of global conflict.

“It is no secret that women remain largely on the periphery of formal peace processes and decision -making, which is not good for the cause of peace,” said UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric in response to Hegseth's comments on Tuesday.

Dujarric added that “one of the real effects of women, the peace and security program the increasing number of peace owners who serve in UN missions who had very clear, measurable and positive effects on the protection of civilians in conflict zones.”

Hegseth's post took the fire to the democratic legislator, who further question his qualifications for the job after using the commercial app signal Share sensitive military operations With other officials, his wife and brother.

“Hegseth has absolutely no idea what he is doing,” Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Dn.H. said on X.

Sen. Tim Kaine, D-VA., Las Hegseth's post according to a hearing on Tuesday.

“This tweet contains some blatant inaccuracies that are far below the standard that we should expect from the Ministry of Defense,” said Kaine.

In his post, Hegseth called the program “Another initiative” Tivisive/Social Justice/Biden “, which our commanders and troops remain”, and promised to do the minimum minimum required by the congress, while working on eliminating it as a whole.

But the program was celebrated by Trump, his government and his family. It became an announced part of the achievements of the first Trump government for women, and in 2019 Ivanka Trump celebrated that the WPS Colombia.

In a later article, Hegseth described the program “uncomplicated and safety-oriented”, but said that the bid administration “distorted and armed”. He confirmed his intention to end it.

A spokesman for Hegseth said there was no further comment on the posts of the secretary.

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The AP journalist Sagar Meghani contributed to this report.