Thursday, January 24, 2013

Panetta to lift ban on women in combat - CBS News

Panetta to lift ban on women in combat - CBS News: "the Defense Department is lifting its ban on women serving in combat. The official announcement will come Wednesday from Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta.

Panetta's order will make women eligible to serve as infantrymen on combat patrol and even in elite special operations units like the Navy SEALS. However, women will have to meet strength standards that could keep them out of units where the physical demands are especially grueling."

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