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June 24, 2005

341: Anything you can do, I can do better.

CNN: U.S. female troops face combat

(CNN) -- The Pentagon's policy banning women in combat units is being tested in Iraq, where the lack of a defined front line is exposing female troops to combat.

"Pentagon policy prohibits women from serving in frontline combat units, like infantry, armor or artillery. But in Iraq, female troops are participating in close-quarters combat more than in any previous conflict."

"A female National Guard soldier recently was awarded the Silver Star, the nation's third-highest medal for valor, for her role in a firefight with insurgents. Sgt. Leigh Ann Hester of Nashville, Tennessee, is the first female solder to receive the award since World War II"."

Posted by ashley at June 24, 2005 06:19 PM

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