U.S. Sens. Mazie Hirono and Brian Schatz joined Sens. Patty Murray, Tammy Duckworth and more than a dozen other Democrats in ...

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For years, Hegseth also strongly opposed women in combat roles but walked back that stance as he courted support for his confirmation, including from Republican Senator Joni Ernst, a military ...

In 2021, Hirono sent the letter “urging the U.S. Mint to feature three prominent women from Hawaii in the American ... history and culture,” said Senator Hirono. The $1 coin features Mary ...

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Then Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, Mazie Hirono of Hawaii, Elizabeth Warren ... Pete Hegseth’s very contentious Senate confirmation hearing came from female Democratic senators.

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Confirmation hearings for Donald Trump’s cabinet picks begin this week, starting with Trump’s choice for defense secretary, ...

University of Hawaii President Wendy Hensel, middle, arrives for a meeting with state senators at the State ... ended in a win — “men’s and women’s basketball, men’s volleyball and ...

Both Murkowski and Collins also noted Hegseth’s past statements that women should not fill military combat roles. Despite uneasiness from members of both parties, the Senate advanced Hegseth’s ...