Hegseth Terminates 74-Year-Old Women's Military Advisory Committee, Citing 'Divisive Feminist Agenda'

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth formally disestablished the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS), a 74-year-old panel established in 1951 following the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act. In a September 17 memo, Hegseth accused the committee of ‘advancing a …