Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130124:10:39:00
Ground combat roles. lifting the 20-year ban against women in combat will ultimately put them directly into the heat of battle. it opens some 237,000 combat-related positions to women. initially women will be assigned to combat support roles, communications, logistics and as drivers. gradually, they'll work their way close to the battle as medics, coremen and manning artillery before they become combat infantry troops. despite the ban, women paid the ultimate price of war. 152 u.s. military women have been killed in iraq and afghanistan. congresswoman tammy duckworth lost both her legs as an a...
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