Rep. Niki Tsongas (D-Mass.), a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, is calling for a military "cultural shift" to better support female troops. "Since I joined the Armed Services Committee, I have become acutely aware of the lasting challenges women face in an institution historically dominated by men," she wrote in an Army Times op-ed on Wednesday. In particular, she said the Army had no policy on breastfeeding on the job, leaving women to the "mercy of superiors" as to where and when they could pump milk, or find sanitary places to do so. She said one woman was told she "should be grateful" she was allowed to pump in the first place, and others said they were made to feel guilty, ostracized or like an inconvenience/The Hill. More here.

Question: Should the Army accommodate female troops by instituting a breast-feeding policy?