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Published March 12, 2012, 12:00 AM

Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta


Senior defense officials say Pentagon chief Leon Panetta is removing the military's ban on women serving in combat, opening hundreds of thousands of front-line positions and potentially elite commando jobs after more than a decade at war. (AP Photo/Scott Olson, Pool)
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