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The groundbreaking move overturns a 1994 rule preventing women from serving in ground combat units. The military has been given until 2016 to recommend any special exceptions to the new regulation.
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 Trump administration has fired the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse,... |
 The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is experiencing “severe” staff shortages at all its... | ||
 Several Republican-led states are deploying more National Guard troops to Washington, D.C. to address what President... |
 The DC national guard will begin deploying on the city’s streets Tuesday night, the White House... |
