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In terms of command and control it is important that women be assigned rather than attached so combat units to do the jobs they are currently doing. women already are on the front lines and they have died in combat and two earned the silver star. whether they are on the front lines has already been answered. the question has to do with assignments, command and control, and whether the women who would prefer to be in the infantry and are physically capable, should be allowed to make that decision. >>clayton: secretary gates is expected to receive a report saying that the combat exclusion rule t...

With all of the civilian casualties, and he wanted it stopped, a situation in kabul where there was a demonstration, anti-american, karzai under a lot of pressure from afghan civilians about this whole question of afghan deaths, and of course, as we've talked about, it is the taliban and the insurgents who are responsible for the majority of those deaths. >> barbara, big picture here looking at afghanistan. is there any movement in terms of the time frame for keeping u.s. troops in country? >> reporter: well, you know, gates is sticking very close to the president's plan, as you would imagine,...

Woman. the united states withdrew its combat forces in iraq just under a month ago and plans are still in place to have all u.s. military out of the country by the end of 2011. last night on the "rachel maddow show," vice president joe biden talked about the u.s. civilian commitment to iraq and what the future holds for the end of "operation new dawn." >> when we leave iraq next year, we are not -- we are leaving militarily, but we are significantly ramping up our civilian presence. i mean significantly. and we are working -- i conduct a meeting once a month with our folks in iraq as well as...

Because of the ses of the surge, but, also, partly because of the success of the iraqi military and police force, to step in and fill the breach and, as u.s. combat forces have been pulling back, for a long time now. one thing that the administration will say today is, look, it's not as if 90,000 combat forces or pulling out of iraq in august, they were pulling back from the fray, consistently, for the last 9 to 12 months and, the iraqis have been stepping up. and, so, yes, the violences is of concern, and, they believe as long as the political limbo exists there will be that effort, to get th...

>> well, there's 50,000 residual forces in iraq, julie. after the august 31st deadline to remove all combat forces, they will be armed, able to defend themselves and if pressed into service, may see action and of course, part of those residual 50,000 forces will be involved in targeted military operations against remaining al-qaeda operatives within iraq. it's not as if come august 31st there will be no hostilities that the united states will be involved in. some involving the al-qaeda forces, what remain of them will occur and if there's anything that's really dicey, the united states forces ...