COMBAT SUPPORT BAN WEIGHED FOR WOMEN PENTAGON OPPOSES GOP PROPOSAL

From: The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) | Date: May 18, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

WASHINGTON - The Republican-controlled House Armed Services Committee plans to introduce today a proposal to bar women from mixed- gender military support units operating in Iraq, expressing concern that female soldiers are engaging in direct combat despite US laws keeping them from serving on the front lines.

But the Pentagon, already straining to fill the ranks, maintains the military critically needs female soldiers to help the men on the battlefield. While top generals say they don't intend to change the ban on women in combat, they add that keeping them from support companies ...

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