Pentagon ends ban on women in frontline combatPanetta: Opening combat positions recognises the reality of male and female soldiers die together US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has lifted the military's ban on women serving in combat roles, potentially opening hundreds of thousands of frontline positions to women. The ruling, officially announced on Thursday, overturns a 1994 rule barring women from small ground-combat units.
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