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Jackie Speier: we are creating a real incentive for women not to serve and in some respects it is almost an insidious effort to…

On the recordJuly 28, 2022
we are creating a real incentive for women not to serve and in some respects it is almost an insidious effort to encourage women to leave the military.
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Jackie Speier
Democratic · California

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Speier warns that current policies may discourage women from serving in the military.

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