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    From A Hashtag To A Movement: #NatSecGirlSquad Empowers Women In National Security

    #NatSecGirlSquad is focused on placing and promoting women in national security, a field that's overwhelmingly white and male. "We don't want anything special. We just want equal footing."
    by Rachel Treisman Dec 27, 2019 5 minutes
    Liese Siegenthaler (left) and Maggie Feldman-Piltch attended the recent conference. #NatSecGirlSquad creates opportunities for networking and mentorship and provides professional development support to women at various stages of their national security careers.

    Dozens of national security specialists clustered inside a Washington hotel on a chilly December morning, warming up with coffee and checking out booths set up by intelligence agencies and defense contractors.

    There were clues that the target audience for this event was a little broader than the usual D.C. security crowd: The unicorn logo behind the podium. A pop-up shop selling workplace fashion. Free child care. Talk of a line at the women's restroom.

    Volunteers wore matching bomber jackets with purple embroidery spelling out the name of the conference's organizer, #NatSecGirlSquad. It's a network focused on placing and promoting women in national security, a field that's overwhelmingly white and male.

    "Nobody at #NatSecGirlSquad is looking to get more than they are owed, but we certainly want what is ours," , the group's founder and

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