U.S. Military Vows to Put Women in Combat Roles by 2016

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Officials from all military service branches are telling Congress they can open combat positions to women by 2016 without lowering physical or performance standards.

Six months after the Pentagon announced it was lifting a ban on women serving in ground-combat units, military officials charged with implementing the policy said yesterday they’ve started the studies needed to make it work.