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Congratulations to every member of that graduating class. it is a tough, tough course, as you just recounted from all the rimts. i am particularly proud we have our first two women that have yet opened another door and will be earning that highly coveted yellow ranger tab tomorrow. >> it's remarkable. what obstacles remain in terms of them being able to serve on the front line and how do you think the military will react to them serving in the front lines, possibly? >> i think they made a lot of believers out of nonbelievers for starters, just by making it through this course. and i think as y...

Leadership strategies from america's first female four-star general. i sat down with the general to talk about trail she blazed and what it takes to succeed. >> i'm not the first one. when i got promoted i said i may be the first but i'm certainly not the last. now three others two in the air force and one in the navy and i'm sure more in the making. >> that's not nearly enough. >> they didn't integrate women into the regular army until right after i joined the army in 1975. so women denominator didn't have the opportunity to have the same career path as their male counter-parts as i did. the ...

One i know is personally taking it extremely difficult. >> do they have family? >> oh yeah they do. and it's affecting their entire families too. you know the one, i know he personally -- he wants to move and change career fields in general just because the way that the department has left him out to dry. >> do you feel that? do they feel like the department has hung them out to dry? the answer to that when we come back. and also mike with some strong words for the mayor in this crisis. plus i'll ask him who he blames for the riots we've seen and what is likely to happen next as the baltimore ...

So that was our first task, was getting him to wellness. without angie's list, i don't know if we could have found all the services we needed for our riley. from contractors and doctors to dog sitters and landscapers, you can find it all on angie's list. we found riley at the shelter, and found everything he needed at angie's list. join today at angieslist.com today president obama is in pittsburgh where he and vice president joe biden will be talking up their opportunity for all program to get more people trained for growing career fields. can you see from these live pictures people are alr...

And how they had influenced me. but to be truthful, it was not just the tuskegee airmen, it was many thousands of african-american women who volunteered starting in the civil war and were finally accorded the opportunity to fully join the military during world war ii. they were an inspiration. and i think often of the challenges they overcame to allow me to sit here today and talk to you. >> right. and so while 31% of military women are black, black women are still a minority in the armed forces. can you talk about your experience at the intersection of race and gender that you've experienced ...