By The Huffington Post News Editors
The director of Arizona’s Department of Veterans’ Services resigned on Wednesday after the woman he hired to coordinate a female veterans’ conference, former State Rep. Terri Proud (R), said that women may be less suited to serve in combat because of their menstrual cycles.
“Women have certain things during the month I’m not sure they should be out there dealing with,” Proud told the Arizona Senora News Service on Tuesday. “I don’t know how to address that topic in a very diplomatic manner.”
Proud was fired for the comment that led to director Joey Strickland‘s resignation. A spokesman for Gov. Jan Brewer (R) told the News Service that the governor’s office had specifically told Strickland not to hire Proud in the first place.
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