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In afghanistan in 2010. their story told in the new book "ashley's war." >> and over -- >> reporter: under the cover of darkness elite special operations forces choppered out to a front line draw in sand. ever changing the mission, neutralize the enemy and minimize collateral damage. in 2010 special forces put out a call to the entire army the national guard and reserves looking for new team members. the band of brothers were looking for sisters. >> this was a pilot program while the combat ban was still on that said female soldiers be part of history. support special operations on the battlef...

And meeting with these sentence who were recruited by special operations to fill a security gap, which is that male american soldiers couldn't talk to women. >> and then they needed fe pail soldiers to go out out and so-to-speak get a relationship. >> that was the purpose. they were the only ones that can go out with women. >> the head of special operations command says this is what we need. we need the make sure that male soldiers have women who can go out and talk to and access the other half of the population. >> so what was the impact of having an all me fail unit? first of all, what were ...

Crackdown and can it really stand a chance against the powerful gun lobby? it's friday, january 25th. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." good friday morning, everybody. i'm rob nelson. >> and i'm sunny hostin. the very heated debate over firearms restrictions is our top story this half hour. and it is quite a heated debate. >> it really is. senator feinstein was the first elected leader after newtown said i'm bringing the ban back and made good on her word. now that the pentagon is lifting the combat ban for women in the armed forces, the questions begin, are women physically stro...

Even if the opposition wins and egyptians reject this draft constitution, morsi can start the process all over again and stay in power another five or six months. the bottom line is that morsi and the muslim brotherhood are holding most of the cards here. >> thank you very much from cairo. a potential big fight for the department of defense as it is being sued by members of the armed oses. four female soldiers who served tours in iraq or afghanistan have filed a federal lawsuit on tuesday trying to force the pentagon to end a ban on women serving in combat jobs. joining me is major mary jenn...