have lost their lives, 668 wounded. the military already struggling to allow gays to openly serve, may not be ready for more change. elaine donnelly of the conservative center for military readiness has long opposed women in combat writing recently, women on average do not have the physical capability to lift a fully loaded male soldier who has been wounded under fire. but sergeant hunt, wearing a purple heart, says women and men face the same dangers. i do feel that i was in combat, yes. i was engaged by the enemy when they, you know, exploded an ied near my humvee. you can t hit the pause button and say, you know, i m not i m not supposed to be here, you know, don t shoot at me. you know, kiran, officially the pentagon position is that they are not looking at this issue at all right now. i think general casey s remarks
this center for military readiness, an atavistic group, has pushed back on what it describes as social engineering in the armed forces, adding there is no right to serve in the military. it s not just another equal opportunity employer. the american legion said the decision should be left to commanders. any requirement that disqualifies an able-bodied person from serving in our armed forces should be based solely upon its proven adverse effect on readiness and nothing else. mtv has invited several active duty openly transgender service members to attend the video music awards this weekend. the defense department has provided guidance to the army and navy which are reviewing the individual requests. bret. bret: jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. thank you. members of the u.s. army detail assigned to vice president pence s munication steamer sent home from panama earlier this month for bringing women back to the hotel. the pentagon says the soldiers were reassigned to the army an
this center for military readiness, an atavistic group, has pushed back on what it describes as social engineering in the armed forces, adding there is no right to serve in the military. it s not just another equal opportunity employer. the american legion said the decision should be left to commanders. any requirement that disqualifies an able-bodied person from serving in our armed forces should be based solely upon its proven adverse effect on readiness and nothing else. mtv has invited several active duty openly transgender service members to attend the video music awards this weekend. the defense department has provided guidance to the army and navy which are reviewing the individual requests. bret. bret: jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. thank you. members of the u.s. army detail assigned to vice president pence s munication steamer sent home from panama earlier this month for bringing women back to the hotel. the pentagon says the soldiers were reassigned to the army an
comfortable with her judicial philosophy, though she has never been a judge and has a thin paper trail. she has the ability to bring about consensus. reporter: as the first woman dean of the harvard law school, kagan defended a university policy recruiting military recruiters from the placement office and filed a friend of the court brief in a case seeking to deny military recruiters equal access to college campuses. the supreme court upheld the military right to on-campus recruitment. the center for military readiness called kagan s nomination an affront to the u.s. military . don t take their word for it. take the word of those that went to harvard law school and have seen hher, the support that she has given to knows that joined the military. reporter: the senate confirmed kagan last year as solicitor general 661-31. the last nominee that jumped from the post of solicitor