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Honor Hero Cop: End Ban on Women in Combat

Time to wrap up the military's 'failed social experiment'

By Will McCahill, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 7, 2009 10:15 AM CST

(Newser) – Thursday’s shooting rampage at Fort Hood was just the latest example of how there really is no front line for US troops these days; Iraq and Afghanistan are entirely battlefields. So women are already, in effect, in combat, and anyone wanting still more proof... Read full story »

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Honor Hero Cop: End Ban on Women in Combat

Time to wrap up the military's 'failed social experiment'

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