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Here at the Defense Department, we are restoring the warrior ethos, and that means we've got to be fit to fight inside all of our formations. That starts with standards and going back to basics. So for decades, the military I joined, there were different male and female physical standards because men and women are different. And that's understandable.

Here at the Defense Department, we are restoring the warrior ethos, and that means we've got to be fit to fight inside all of our formations. That starts with standards and going back to basics. So for decades, the military I joined, there were different male and female physical standards because men and women are different. And that's understandable.

But there were certain jobs, combat MOSs, that were only for men. And so you had a male standard. Then in 2015, under the Obama administration, against the advice of the military services, opened up all those combat MOSs to males and females. Fine, if that's their decision. But they never changed the standards in a lot of those roles.

But there were certain jobs, combat MOSs, that were only for men. And so you had a male standard. Then in 2015, under the Obama administration, against the advice of the military services, opened up all those combat MOSs to males and females. Fine, if that's their decision. But they never changed the standards in a lot of those roles.

So you still had higher standards for men than for women in a lot of those combat MOSs. Some changed it, but not all did. We're fixing that.

So you still had higher standards for men than for women in a lot of those combat MOSs. Some changed it, but not all did. We're fixing that.

We're ensuring that any combat position across any of the services, and the services are evaluating that, has the same standard for men and women, which means anybody can join. But the standard is to meet what it takes to do that combat job. Rigorous physical standards so that your sons and daughters, those that join our military, have the best possible units, the most lethal units.

We're ensuring that any combat position across any of the services, and the services are evaluating that, has the same standard for men and women, which means anybody can join. But the standard is to meet what it takes to do that combat job. Rigorous physical standards so that your sons and daughters, those that join our military, have the best possible units, the most lethal units.

So this is a standard review looking at combat units, looking at men and women. No standards will be lowered only at the highest level. And we look forward to all our best warriors joining those units. It's a review that's important, long overdue, and the kind of thing we promised inside the Trump administration.

So this is a standard review looking at combat units, looking at men and women. No standards will be lowered only at the highest level. And we look forward to all our best warriors joining those units. It's a review that's important, long overdue, and the kind of thing we promised inside the Trump administration.

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It's entirely appropriate for the inspector general to be able to look at it.

It's entirely appropriate for the inspector general to be able to look at it.

This is normal communication on it. What's not normal is having a reporter in the middle of it.

This is normal communication on it. What's not normal is having a reporter in the middle of it.

America and Japan stand firmly together in the face of aggressive and coercive actions by the communist Chinese.

America and Japan stand firmly together in the face of aggressive and coercive actions by the communist Chinese.

I'm humbled to pilgrim, there's no other way to put it, to this hallowed ground. Over 80,000 Marines, soldiers, and sailors from our two countries fought at Iwo Jima. More than 26,000 died here. Today, we revere their courage.