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Santorum Fears 'Other Emotions' of Women in Combat

Santorum on Women in Combat:
Let Me Clarify

UPDATED

Feb 10, 2012 9:23 AM CST

Santorum on Women in Combat: Let Me Clarify

It's men's emotions that concern him

(Newser) - Rick Santorum isn't on board with the Pentagon's decision to formally open up some combat roles to women , he told CNN's John King last night—but it's not because he thinks women are too emotional, as it originally seemed. Putting women in the front lines "...

Pentagon Opens
More Jobs to
Women

Feb 9, 2012 8:11 AM CST

Pentagon Opens More Jobs to Women

Females will still not be able to serve as infantry, however: sources

(Newser) - Defense Department rules are entering the 21st century. The Pentagon will recommend to Congress today that women in the military should be allowed to serve in a greater number of positions close to front lines. The AP notes that the rule shift would formalize a practice that has already been...

Australia Opens
Combat Jobs
to Women

Sep 27, 2011 7:35 AM CDT

Australia Opens Combat Jobs to Women

Becomes fourth developed country to place no restrictions on women in military

(Newser) - Another step for women's equality : Australia's military has become the fourth in the world to allow women to take on front-line combat roles. Announced today, the move opens some of the country's most dangerous combat jobs to women, including Special Forces positions in Afghanistan and some army...

10 Glass Ceilings Still Not Cracked by US Women

10 Glass
Ceilings
Not Yet
Cracked

Sep 10, 2011 4:19 PM CDT

10 Glass Ceilings Not Yet Cracked

White House chief of staff, Navy Seal, US prez among them

(Newser) - A dozen Fortune 500 companies may have female CEOs, but many glass ceilings remain to be cracked by US women. The BBC spots 10:

White House Chief of Staff. "CJ Cregg of TV's The West Wing might make the list for best chief of staff of all time,

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Honor Hero Cop: End
Ban on Women in Combat

opinion

Nov 7, 2009 10:15 AM CST

Honor Hero Cop: End Ban on Women in Combat

Time to wrap up the military's 'failed social experiment'

(Newser) - Thursday’s shooting rampage at Fort Hood was just the latest example of how there really is no front line for US troops these days; Iraq and Afghanistan are entirely battlefields. So women are already, in effect, in combat, and anyone wanting still more proof that they can handle it...