US military to start screening for testosterone deficiency, Hegseth says

The briefing

Hegseth says he is authorising hormone screening to ensure US troops "operate at your absolute best"

The impact

The significance lies in what happens next: BBC notes that responses are already forming.

The military backdrop

Understanding us military to start screening for testosterone deficiency, hegseth says requires seeing it as part of a broader pattern in military, start, screening, testosterone, deficiency.

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Our military read

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