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Cannot escape its share of the blame. when president obama withdrew all u.s. forces over the objections of our military leaders and commanders on the ground, many of us predicted that the vacuum would be filled by america's enemies and would emerge as a threat to u.s. national security interests." a majority of female recruits failed to complete the minimum of three pullups. the mandate was set to take effect january 1st. critics say the delay raises new questions about women in combat and whether pullups are really a fair test of strength. pentagon correspondent chris lawrence has the lates...

He had everybody jump on the bar, women couldn't do it. i do cross fit. many women are doing cross fit now. they couldn't do buildups in the beginning, now they are pounding out the pullups. our mentality have to shift and people saying women aren't capable or can't do it, it's crazy, it's trash. women are capable, women have been doing it and we have to push women harder, especially the ones that don't have as much body mass up top. we have to build them up. we're more than capable and it's been proven. >> good to talk to both of you. thank you. >> thank you. >> for more go to cnn.com. lots o...

Few were able to do that, the marines are now allowing them to choose instead to hang on the bar with a fixed arm for about 15 seconds and still pass without doing any pullups. >> so is there a big difference between the women have to do and men had to do? i thought they both had a minimum of three. >> you're absolutely right. at the lower level, no difference. the men have a higher bar to get a perfect score and the men don't have an option of the fixed arm, the hanging. the marines will admit that doesn't measure and build the kind of strength you need to haul heavy gear, to climb over walls...

Drop off the bar. >> joining me now for a fair and balanced debate, gunnery sergeant jesse jane duff, she served 20 years in the marine corps and an army veteran of the iraq and afghanistan wars who founded concerned veterans for america. they do not see eye to eye on this issue. jesse, you say the test is unfair. why? a lot of people think -- i'm not one of them -- three pull-ups? should be able to do it. >> i have a problem is what makes it unfair is the marine corps set an abstract standard without research. when you have a year passing and not any -- 50% of the females graduating from recr...

The u.s. marines are postponing a mandatory requirement for recruits to do pull-ups. more than half the woman who tried to do three pull-ups failed. chris lawrence has more. >> reporter: military training can be excruciating at the highest levels. at the bare minimum, a marine has to be able to do three pull ups. >> i want to be sure every marine is maxing out the pull ups on pfds. >> more than half the female recruits couldn't do it. the marines are pushing back the day when it becomes mandatory. >> if you have a failure rate of 55% and 99% of the men are succeeding, obviously, this is not go...