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Duty military personnel. i can't compare. i don't want to say it's not apples to apples but some of the same language we're hearing, you cannot flip a switch or it has to take time. that's the similar language you heard regarding gays serving openly in the military. you cannot flip a switch and have these things happen or it will happen in time. judge just remember how long that took. but there are already steps being taken. if you look at don't ask don't tell, it wasn't until admiral mike mullen, the chairman of the joint staff, and the president, and and the second of defense said look, we h...

There are even men whose ability to get promotions and earn more money are retarded if in fact they don't serve in some kind of combat role. the issue here already, however, is that the u.s. military, the pentagon, is already moving in that direction. to lift, ultimately lift the ban against women serving in combat roles. just here within the past month, they lifted restrictions and opens up 14,000 new positions to women in the military in combat-related roles. not quite combat but they're getting there. and u.s. military officials will tell you, you just can't flip a switch and suddenly throw...

Back with me. kim, let me ask you this. sexual assault in the military. we're talking about an estimated 19,000 women sexually assaulted in the military. if we're looking at more women in more equal combat roles, is that likely to induce or increase? will it have any impact? is separatexual assault a separ issue? it feels like we want this to be on our agenda at the same time. >> you know, that's always going be an issue. you a population of men and women together. it's going to be an issue. when you're trying to be a policy and change some miensd, could there be an increased number of assault...

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There is no audience. she live and speaking to the camera and all of us. it's our understanding we will learn a lot about the way forward beyond the point that u.s. troops are out of combat roles in afghanistan. the ten-year period after 2014, what will be america's role? we are expecting the president to address that. we are expecting him to thank the troops and give a passing nod to what happened to the taking out of osama bin laden. americans have said by the vast majority they are very war weary. they want the troops to come home. some 16-17% only say they want the troops to stay in afghan...