Pentagon to open combat roles to women

Wednesday, January 23, 2013 ~ Updated 12:29 AM

WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon is lifting its ban on women serving in combat, opening hundreds of thousands of front-line positions and potentially elite commando jobs after generations of limits on their service, defense officials said Wednesday.

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