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Congresswoman from the state of illinois. she can tell you that combat is already a reality. >> i did lose my legs in a bar fight. i was sure i was in combat. >> joining me now retired army general. what is your reaction to this latest development? >> i think it is a great initiative and long overdue. and i'm kind of curious, i'm very curious about the timing of it. and the implementation. they need to make it retro active back to at least 2002 when women were already serving. there was no question about physical capabilities then as they were attaching women to these fighting units. but waiti...

it's a probably that's never been wassed by a quake in this country until now. first responders may be getting reasons. stand by for dr. sanjay gupta and details of a new medical study. i'm westbound westboun i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> how did their political leaders do big things like reduce the debt if they butt heads over a scheduling speech. we're learning more about the duty-up over the president's make-or-break jobs speech this week, and how the date was finally set. athena jones is covering the story for us. now, actually scheduling that speech has tu...

41 people now confirmed dead from hurricane irene. this hour vermont is still trying to pull people out of the rushing rivers. i'll speak with several people still trapped there. including a groom got married saturday, hoping to leave on his honeymoon in 48 hours. we'll get a live update pr him. also from fema and the governor of vermont. stay tuned for that. in addition to the wildfires, there's talk about a formation off the coast of the yucatan peninsula. chad myers, who is racing back out here. chad myers, as we're looking at this formation, do we need to be worried? >> we don't ...

Firepower, but we have not yet provided them. general keane, should we be doing much more in terms of this fight? and our u.s. involvement at this point? >> yeah, absolutely. the sunni tribes would welcome that. they want to see u.s. commitment and u.s. resolved. we literally have to one and for all get 5u89 divorce on the ground with the fighting units, the trainers to increase the through-put rather dramatically, four and fivefold and get the tactical air controllers on the ground so the air strikes are that much more effective. that would take our forces from 3,000 in excess of 10,000, and ...