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OPINION: Women should be allowed the combat roles for which they are qualified

Friday, February 1, 2013 - 7:52pm | C2M Columnist Elizabeth Lair Kirby

Recently, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta announced that the ban on women serving in military combat has been lifted, overturning the 1994 law that states that women cannot be placed in any combat unit lower in number than a brigade. This new development seems to be sometime in the making, especially considering that women make up around 15-20 percent of our nation’s armed forces.