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Of thousands of front line positions possibly to females, but even veterans really are split on what they think about this decision. list to some of this. >> lifting this restriction is going to allow those women who want to fight in combat positions to try and try out for them. if they can make it, good for them. there's a lot of women who won't make it. you know what? there are a lot of men who can't mack it either. >> what you said, bill, if they're not physically capable of that doing what a man would do, a wounded soldier or marine needs to be dragged off, medevaced, needs to be pulled ca...

About your strength or weight, even when it comes to hauling somebody off the battlefield, it is a matter of look, we're all warriors, and nobody gets left behind here. martha: the sensibility issue here, i want to put this quote to mary katherine, there is sensibility issue here. let's look at this quote from president obama. it really struck me when i saw these words. every american can be proud our military will grow stronger with our mothers, wives, sisters, and daughters playing a great he will role in protecting the country we love. it put an image in mind, our mothers, our daughters, ou...

Combat. >> shepard: few people can speak to that better than tammy duckworth, the first female double amputee of the iraq war. >> we were hit by an hpg. it ripped through our aircraft t took off my legs, most of my right arm. >> shepard: she supports the decision to lift the military combat restrictions. >> lifting the restriction is going to allow those women who want to fight in combat positions to try and to try out for them. if they can make it, good for them. there is a lot of women who won't make it. but there is a lot of men who can't make it either. >> shepard: no question there. presi...

Qualified for combat positions. but in 2003 there was no discussion about deploying women to iraq for this combat situation about whether they would be physically capable because they would be physically attached. i don't think it is fair i do think there has to be an evaluation. but it must ininclude every entry at every rank in the military system. >> general, thank you very much for joining us tonight. >> coming up. you have seen the moment when you ask the question, how do you ask a man to be the last man to die in vietnam? he had so much to say i believe

It, of the women that took part in this marine infan industry officer training, only two. one failed day one with other guys. the failure rate for men is 25%. you don't see a lot of the women in the programs already. there is not a lot of interest in it. do you see more women getting in to it? >> andrea: colonel ralph peters who is a military analyst was on my radio show this morning and he said there is probably not a huge influx of women trying to get the combat positions. they are tougher than the guys i know. they're my heroes. kudos to them. at the joint chiefs think they should be in. if...