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These? >> reporter: what we are hearing now it is specifically at al asad air base in western iraq a very remote area where these attacks are happening. these are so-called indirect fire. rocket and mortar attacks launched by isis militants against the base. they are very impreisiscise attacks. they aim these weapons at the base. no u.s. troops injured thankfully. we dont know about any iraqi troops injured. they are very imprecise attacks. and pretty much at the moment limited to this area wher...

Doing or a little trepidation. but there are those who go out and do that. when you look at the films of d-day this is ground combat and this is an unfront way of looking at things. my father was in the navy and he a buddy who degree up with in philadelphia, there was a coast guard station, ship yard and the navy were in the town. these kids were talking and my dad says i am going to join the navy and his friend says you are nuts president obama i am joining the coast guard and i am going to be ...

Came from all over this country. their sacrifice was unbelievable. well never see anything like it again. please, god. >> well, their sacrifice was unbelievable. >> lets talk about the nazi capability at the title of the invasion. hitler was still very capable. was he not? their missile technology was advancing. it was really an unknown science to what the americans were trying to accomplish at the time and of course, this divisions on the day were caught out of position, not able to move and ev...

Which is a leadership school in the army. we have tons of barriers still left in the marines corps and the army particularly where there are ground combat positions that women want to try for. women are joining the army because they do want to be infantry but even if they are succeeding at these courses, theyre not being allowed to have the job. >> i should say that the pentagon says its still studying how exactly to integrate women into these positions. so thats what their standpoint is at this...

Standards are, are going to compliment that, et cetera, et cetera. listen, lets make this very clear because there is misunderstanding. our woman have been in harms way. they have been attacked, ambushed, their vehicles have been blown up. they have been in firefights and they performed very well. what general amos is talking about and what i have been talking about is direct ground combat, which is offensive attack to close with the enemy under fire and to do it day in, and day out. that is the...

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And the way this will work, the military services have several months now to draw up a plan to combat, qualify and train women for many positions, combat infantry positions in the military. and then after that time, they will begin the implementation, the training. so none of this is going to happen at any time soon. and most likely, as you said, willie, theyll start out in some of the support roles and gradually work their way into actual trigger pullers, ground combat, infantry soldiers alongs...

This is not new. i spoke to the first fighter pilot to fly in combat and she had this to say about the naysayers. >> the same arguments were being made back then that are being made now against this policy change that is happening in order to catch up with reality on the battlefield. and i know air combat is different from ground combat but they were making the same arguments back then, that women did not have the inch turns or the strength to be fighter pilots, and i had just completed the hawa...

Was always a strong advocate for women in the military. and by that i mean in nontraditional skills. and the fact of the matter is i draw a line here because this is about direct ground combat. this is about infantry units. and this has been studied for years, martha. close to 30 years as a matter of fact, by our military, and also by allied military, and the conclusions are that women in direct infantry combat roles are less likely to survive and less likely to help others survive. and the rig ...

Many of these jobs. we spoke to the first female fighter pilot to fly in combat and she said that those who dont think that women are physically capable of being in combat are wrong. >> the same arguments were being made back then there are being made now against, you know, this policy change that is happening in order to catch up with reality on the battle field. and i know air combat is different from ground combat, but they were making the same arguments that women did not have the endurance ...