She's not asking for an easing in the requirements. She's asking why she can't take a second shot at it when her male counterparts who failed can. What's wrong with that?
If she went up the chain (all the way, to include the CINC), and if she went the IG route, then she could have gone the congressional route. She chose not to. She chose to by-pass the processes and procedures in place and jump right into the public arena.
That is wrong.