Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Tuesday morning his intention to dismantle the Department of Defense's (DoD) implementation of the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) program, sparking immediate backlash and raising questions about the administration's stance on women's roles in national security.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth boasted on social media Tuesday that he had dismantled a program supporting women on security teams, an initiative that he called “woke” but actually was signed into