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1 9 minute past the hour. the nature of warfare is changing. the pentagon is working out the specifics of a historic new rule announced this week. women will be allowed to serve in combat roles alongside men. former cia director and four star general michael hayden explains what it means for the requirements for special operations forces. listen to this. >> there are two kinds of standards. one set have to do with personal health. just raw physical fitness for members of the armed forces, how much pushups, sit ups, how fast you run a mile. those standards are different because men and women ar...

So as i tell people, women should have an equal opportunity to have some of those slots that we consider combat-oriented. and they've been held back. they've been held back by a ban on women being able to be there, even though in reality they have been there. so i don't know that it's about stomaching. i think americans understand that about 20% of the people who went to iraq and afghanistan were women. they certainly saw them on television. for example, they saw jessica lynch be the first p.o.w., woman p.o.w. in iraq. so i think they've gotten used to understanding that women really are playi...

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Concern, then maybe i should be thinking about a different career. >> look at this. 152 people killed in iraq and afghanistan. you were injured seriously while piloting a helicopter and going in to make sure you left no one behind and you got to the people who had been injured you were trying to rescue. i mean, have women been in de facto combat roles even before this policy change? >> that's exactly the heart of the issue. everybody wanted to make the debate about whether or not women should be in combat. the actual issue is that women are in combat. engaging the enemy, acting with valor, ser...

The nation is strongly in support of the pentagon's announcement this week that women will now be able to serve in combat roles in the military. gallup report said 74% of people are in favor of the decision. those numbers hold up when you break them down by men and women as well. let me bring in democratic congress woman loretta sanchez, senior female member of the house armed services committee and homeland security committee. thank you so much for being here with us. why now is this time right time to do this? is it overdue would you say? is there something about it happening right now that'...