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Last Hoorah: Panetta Lifts Ban on Women in Combat

dnha14 Wrote: Jan 23, 2013 5:04 PM
I'm sure he will feel great remorse the first time one is captured and gang raped.
DSMike Wrote: Jan 23, 2013 5:06 PM
They can, and have done the same with males.
Ress Wrote: Jan 23, 2013 5:22 PM
Civilized people don't like it when their women are abused.
America is Over Wrote: Jan 23, 2013 6:18 PM
Civilized people don't send their women to war.
America is Over Wrote: Jan 23, 2013 6:18 PM
Civilized people don't send their women to war.

On his way out the door as Defense Secretary, Leon Panetta has lifted the ban on women serving in combat roles on the front lines of our wars. More from AP:

Senior defense officials say Pentagon chief Leon Panetta is removing the military's ban on women serving in combat, opening hundreds of thousands of front-line positions and potentially elite commando jobs after more than a decade at war.

The groundbreaking move recommended by the Joint Chiefs of Staff overturns a 1994 rule banning women from being assigned to smaller ground combat units. Panetta's...

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