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Happen while two wars are in progress. but the reality on the battlefields may have surpassed the debate. the department of defense policy has always dictated that women will not be assigned in direct combat, in combat units on the ground. and as a result, they're assigned to support units -- truck drivers, mps and so on. but an asymmetrical conflict, unconventional war, there are no front lines and those are exactly the targets the enemy like to attack. >> jack, i'm curious, are there female iraqi or afghani soldiers? >> yes. we have units. we are developing training units that are made up of...

Afghan, french and american, going over the scene, but as we know, there's no question about who is behind the bombing. the taliban wasted no time to claim responsibility for the attacks. christine? >> ben wedeman, thank you so much, ben. women could soon be on the front lines in afghanistan and iraq. the top army brass considering lifting a ban on having women in a combat role. barbara starr is live at the pentagon with an "am origin originaloriginals originalss." you take a look at the unique nature of both of these wars, women are already on the battle ground, if you will. >> oh absolutel...

Hiding behind the military now saying that they have to tell us it is okay. it is the job of congress to rewrite the law. i don't think that the chain of command, particularly in combat units, is going to have any difficulty dealing with this. >> barry mccaffrey, jim miklaszewski, thanks fwoef. up next, what was new york governor david paterson thinking. paterson is fighting rumors he's cheating on his wife again. and a lot of other buzz that scandal will somehow force him to resign. while the governor should have been talking about the snowstorm bearing down on the state, instead he seems to ...

Should those members execute exchange duty with our armed forces, because of our policies, they cannot. i know there's common ground. i've known duncan and i've known him before he joined the marine corps. he and i have absolute beliefs in honesty and integrity in combat units. this won't have an impact on combat readiness. we've seen that in our allies. gays have been serving in the military for as long as we've had a military. in fact any commander who doesn't understand who is or in fact who isn't in their unit is probably kind of disconnected from reality because i can tell you this. the t...

Secret that he thinks the does toigs withdraw the remaining forces from afghanistan is a mistake. that this was a relatively low cost, but significant benefit option for the united states. i think that view is widely shared within active duty military officers who like general petraeus have seen a lot of afghanistan over the two decades. i think the question that i focus on with general petraeus and we need to think about is how we keep faith with the afghans who work for us. who were interpreters for our front line combat units, who are now targeted if as we leave that they will be vulnerable...