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Off again struggles with addiction, including heroin. and also he had a stormy relationship with a band that propelled him to fame. he had been touring with his latest project, the wild abouts, when he died. a statement on his facebook page said he passed away in his sleep. scott weiland was just 48 years old. yesterday defense secretary ash carter announced a history-making change for the united states military effective in 30 days, all combat roles will now be open to women. secretary carter said the building the best military in the 21st century must draw from the broadest pool of talent....

In the center of the fight. after frequent white house denials that u.s. troops would face combat in iraq and syria, today the president is ordering dozens of u.s. special forces into combat roles, involving direct action against isis. >> these special operator will, over time, be able to conduct raids, free hostages, gather intelligence, and capture isil leaders. >> reporter: the new expedition area force will number in the dozens, though support forces expandite total footprint to 200. >> this force and the operations this force will conduct will provide us additional intelligence that will ...

Can an alpha male lean in? secretary defense ash carter is counting on it. there is an all out push to recruit more women into the military. soon most the not all combat roles will be open to women and not everyone is happy about that. so the department of defense recruited cheryl sandberg to open a dialogue about gender bias. she delivered a speech at the air force academy. i was in the audience for that speech and sat down with her after. let's just say her message on equality was not exactly met with open minds. >> i love being here. >> facebook's coo cheryl

A large ground operation. that is our strategy today. >> reporter: you would acknowledge that the forces, less than 50 forces, could be in dangerous situations and could wind up in combat roles. how is that not a change in strategy? >> our strategy all along is focused on building the capacity of local forces to fight isil for themselves in their own country. our efforts to resupply them and reequip them and conduct air strikes in advance of their ground operations has improved their performance on the battlefield. that element has yielded progress and the president wants to intensify that ass...

Doing. i do expect that that will improve their performance on the battlefield. >> reporter: the u.s. forces could be in combat roles, their lives could be at risk, correct? >> they will not be in a combat mission. >> reporter: i understand that's not their mission but they could find themselves in a combat operation just as we saw with the rescue mission? >> there is no denying the amount of risk they are taking on here. they will be equipped to defend themselves if necessary. i'm confident the department of defense has contingency plans to try to make them as safe as possible in a very dange...