During his hearing today, Democrats directly questioned General Mattis on past statements that indicated opposition to women in ground combat. Here's how CNN described the exchange:Mattis repeatedly dodged direct questions about whether he opposes women serving in combat positions or gays in the military, despite Gillibrand reading back his past comments to him.In one case, she quoted a passage in Mattis' book, "Warriors and Citizens," in which he decried the military being subject to societal pressure on causes like women in combat."We fear that an uninformed public is permitting political leaders to impose an accretion of social conventions that are
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