Don't get me wrong. Women are fierce warriors, and they can do the role of soldiering and commanding troops. In a country where women have been abused and oppressed and will not talk to men or will not be in a room with men, we can use women platoon commanders to address them, to have conversations with them to build that trust, and to go into villages, as they did in Haiti. They are an intelligence-gathering force that we can use.
On January 31st, 2019. See this statement in context.