“Dear Leaders Thune and Schumer, Chairman Wicker, and Ranking Member Reed,

We write to express our opposition to Trump’s nominee for the Department of Defense, Pete Hegseth, who is wholly unfit to lead this agency.”

READ THE FULL LETTER OPPOSING MR. HEGSETH’S NOMINATION HERE (PDF): Coalition Letter Opposing Hegseth DoD Nomination – Updated January 2025 FINAL

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Advocates for Trans Equality
American Humanist Association
Americans United for Separation of Church and State
ANEW
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC
Autistic Self Advocacy Network
Bend the Arc: Jewish Action
Clearinghouse on Women’s Issues
Connecticut Veterans Legal Center
Consent Awareness Network
Council for Global Equality
DemCast USA
Equal Rights Advocates
Equality California
Equality Labs
FFRF Action Fund
Girls for Gender Equity
Global Project Against Hate and Extremism
Government Information Watch
Guttmacher Institute
Human Rights Campaign
Interfaith Alliance
Jewish Council for Public Affairs
Just Solutions
League of Conservation Voters
Legal Momentum, The Women’s Legal Defense and Education Fund
Maine Women’s Lobby
Military Reform Coalition
Minority Veterans of America
Modern Military Association of America
MomsRising
Movement Advancement Project
MPower Change Action Fund
Mujeres Latinas En Accion
Muslim Public Affairs Council
NAACP
National Association of Social Workers
National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI)
National Council of Jewish Women
National Employment Law Project
National Employment Lawyers Association
National Institute for Workers’ Rights
National Organization for Women
National Organization for Women, MI
National Partnership for Women & Families
National Women’s Law Center
National Women’s Political Caucus
National Workrights Institute
NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice
Oregon Tradeswomen
People For the American Way
People’s Action
Physicians for Reproductive Health
Pride At Work, AFL-CIO
Reproaction
Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly NARAL Pro-Choice America)
Respect Together
Restaurant Worker Committee
Silver State Equality
Stephen’s College Women in Trades Pre Apprenticeship
SWOP Behind Bars Inc
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
The Project On Government Oversight
The Secular Coalition for America
UltraViolet Action
Women’s Law Project
Workplace Justice Project
YWCA USA