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Ways they could not before. they will be allowed to drive tanks, fire mortars lead infantry soldiers into combat. >> carter added equal opportunity will not mean equal participation and jobs will be assigned by ability. the military's desire to expand the talent it recruits from. the joint chief of chaff previously argued the marine should be allowed to keep women out of certain front line combat jobs. he says he will fully support carter's decision. while the defense secretary gave each bran of the armed services 30-days to submit plans for making the change congress will have to look over th...

Committee. >> reporter: immediately after the attack, petraeus rankled some lawmakers when they say he seemed to down play the skill needed to fire mortars on the cia annex. that attack killed the two former navy seals. new testimony is likely to be public in this case. >> i would prefer to have an open to session. i think that would be, i think, enlightening to everybody who has concerns about what happened on that september 11th day that took the lives of our americans. >> reporter: and three leading republicans said on the senate floor that there was ample intelligence that there was no pro...

The national counterterrorism center? >> we are told that david betray us and his words are consistent with the fbi. the general petraeus downplayed to lawmakers the skill needed to fire mortars that were direct hits. and also that he said the attack was linked to the demonstration. one person said general petraeus, as lawmakers learn more about the attack, including the raw intelligence report -- which allows them to look at the information themselves, we were told they were angry, disappointed, and frustrated that the cia had not provided a more complete picture of the available intelligence...

You are there as a reporter embedded with this unit. this has to be an extraordinary experience for you. what's going through your head as that happens? >> we are trying to find cover, but the cameraman and i were trying to find cover. listening to the directions of the officers and the troops on the ground. but also watching in amazement as these guys are standing up, turning their heads around the corner to look to see where the taliban were. they were preparing to fire mortars. they were doing a lot of things while richard and i were staying low and trying to find cover. these guys are true...