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Gender neutral. >> something is wrong here. it's not the women's fault. it's the policy that the marines are pursuing. >> reporter: still, some women are clearly ready. 13 passed the gruelling 60 day infantry training course. this postponement is a set back for the plan to move thousands of women into combat roles by 2016. the marines couldn't pose the standard next year, but there's no guarantee. chris lawrence, cnn, washington. >> thank you, chris. the rise of al qaeda in iraq is prompting a finger pointing response from two senators against president obama. hear their case on the other si...

>> generally i'm not for lowering standards. >> she is a form he marine corp officer who commanded troops in afghanistan. >> i was at one point able to do five but it was that first one that took me the longest to get to. >> she said women have to learn how to do pull-ups. something many have never done. >> experiment with different techniques. you figure out what other exercises to do. >> critics say the big push over pull-ups is part of a bigger problem. pressure from the white house to make the military gender neutral. >> something is wrong here and it is not the women's fault. it is the po...

Something many have never done. >> you experiment with different techniques. you figure out what other exercises to do. >> reporter: critics say the big push over pull-ups is part of a bigger problem, pressure from the white house to make the military gender neutral. >> something is wrong here. and it's not the women's fault. it's the policy that the marines are pursuing. >> reporter: still, some women are clearly ready. 13 female marines have just passed the grueling 60-day infantry training course. but this postponement, it's a setback for the plan to move thousands of women into combat role...

Officials say more than half of the women in boot camp couldn't meet the standard. the delay is sparking new debate about the place of women in the armed forces as thousands of combat roles are set to open for them in 2016. official at the vatican say pope francis drew more than 6.6 million people to his events in 2013. the figures are based on the number of tickets issued, as well as estimates of number of people at events where tickets were not needed like the pope's weekly appearance overlooking st. peters square. if you could charge a goat with attempted burglary this goat would be in ...

It was supposed to kick in now, but the worry was that if basically you set this new requirement and so few female marines could meet it, well, if you fail a fitness rep, you get a black mark on your fitness evaluation. then you've got to go for remedial training. the marines were very worried this was something that could push a lot of female marines out of the service. they don't want that. they say there has been no decision on whether they'll implement the changes in 2015, but they're against a timeline in which 2016 is a year in which a lot of these combat roles are supposed to be open to...