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WASHINGTON — Buckling under conservative pressure, the Republican-led House Rules Committee pulled a legislative sleight of hand and stripped a provision from the annual defense policy bill that would have required women between the ages of 18 and 25 to…
By Richard Lardner, Associated Press
Politics Apr 26

WASHINGTON -- The Senate Armed Services Committee has approved the nomination of the first female officer to lead one of the military's warfighting commands.
By Richard Lardner, Associated Press
Feb 13

By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press
Beginning this summer, a visit to a local Army recruiting office will include a new set of gymnastic tests to help determine what military jobs a recruit is physically capable of performing. The new tests come as the Pentagon is…
Feb 02

By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- The top Army and Marine Corps generals say they believe all women should have to register for the draft now that combat jobs are open to them.
Jan 29

By PBS NewsHour
Shantell Gonzalez of Alonzo and Tracy Mourning Senior High in Miami refuses to let gender stereotypes get in the way of service to her country: she is the only female CO in her school’s Junior ROTC unit. Our Student Reporting…
Dec 10

By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press
In blunt and, at times, profanity-laced answers to a voluntary survey conducted by the Rand Corp., a majority of more than 7,600 of America's special operations forces said allowing women to serve in Navy SEAL, Army Delta or other commando…
Dec 03

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