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Report: U.S. Military Leadership Too Male And Too White

Should the U.S. military allow women to serve in ground combat  -- largely in infantry and armor units -- to help their careers? A new report from the Military Leadership Diversity Commission says yes. It argues that the battle lines in Afghanistan and Iraq have been so blurry that women basically are in combat, but don't get the formal combat credit needed to advance in rank. That's because of a 1994 Pentagon ban -- the so-called "combat exclusion rule" -- that keeps females out of small units where most combat takes place. The commission believes the rule should be junked. The commission also believes the armed forces have failed to develop a "stream of leaders who are as demographically diverse as the nation they serve." Click here to read more.
 
 



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