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Issue, he has shown himself open even to the point of asking more questions going deeper into the issue about why i feel so strongly and he understands where i stand. >> do you plan to oppose women serving in these combat roles? >> i have no plan to oppose women in any aspect of our military. because the u.s. military is devoted to be in the top in its game in a competition where second place is last place we should not simply be turning to the military because it's a very capable military, well led, it's now a national treasure, i'm the first to admit this but doesn't mean we should be turnin...

If someone brings a problem, i'm look at it. i'm not coming in looking for problems. in that regard it's all about military readiness. i'm looking for military readiness and what we can do in that regard. >> do you plan to oppose women serving in these combat roles? >> i have no plan to oppose women in any aspect of our military. in 2003 i had hundreds of marines who happened to be women serving in my 23,000 person marine division and this is ten years before i retired and i put them right into the front lines alongside everyone else. >> so you no longer believe that arrows is a problem when m...

Congress dropped a measure in a defense bill that would have required well to register for the draft. military times reporting that conservatives in the house and senate took that out of the defense bill on tuesday of this week, now two days later, president obama and the pentagon have come out in favor of leaving that in. women in the draft. if women are in combat roles, women should be able to be drafted too. the president now openly supports women registering for the draft with the backing of the pentagon. of course the president does not have much time left for policy matters like this. he...

Today president obama became the first u.s. president to publicly support expanding the military draft to include women. the military, of course, opened combat roles to women late last year. once that happened, the next question was what about the draft? would the draft include women as well? quoting the president's national security council, goal, as old barriers for military service are being removed, we support registering women for service. it makes sense, for women to register for selective service just as men must. the timing on that, it's kind of fascinating timing. it's not an accident...

Defense bill that would have required well to register for the draft. military times reporting that conservatives in the house and senate took that out of the defense bill on tuesday of this week, now two days later, president obama and the pentagon have come out in favor of leaving that in. women in the draft. if women are in combat roles, women should be able to be drafted too. the president now openly supports women registering for the draft with the backing of the pentagon. of course the president does not have much time left for policy matters like this. he knows he can't necessarily get ...