With DADT Repealed, Allowing Women In Combat May Become Next Military Social Policy Debate -- Daily Caller
This year the military may again find itself in the middle of another debate over social policy like last year’s debate over “don’t ask, don’t tell’ repeal — that of women in combat.
Last week, as part of a draft report on diversity, a military advisory panel — the Military Leadership Diversity Commission — issued a recommendation to eliminate the restrictions on women serving in combat units.
“DoD and the Services should eliminate the ‘combat exclusion policies’ for women, including the removal of barriers and inconsistencies, to create a level playing field for all qualified servicemembers,” the report reads.
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More News On The Commission's Support For Women In Combat
Commission to Recommend Lifting Ban on Women in Combat -- U.S. Department of Defense
Report: Let women take on combat roles -- Air Force Times
Women in Combat: Study Recommends Ending Military's Last Male Bastion -- David Wood, Politics Daily
Women should be able to serve in front-line combat units: military comission to advise Pentagon -- New York Daily News
Panel says women should be allowed in combat units -- AP
Report: Women Should Be Allowed in Combat -- CBS News/AP
Report: Women should be allowed to serve in combat -- CNN
Women in combat? They're already there -- John Kanelis, Amarillo Globe News
Drop barriers to women in combat -- Tampa Bay editorial
A level field: Lifting the ban on women in combat units will be a positive move -- Houston Chronicle editorial
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