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Assessment Of Female Marines Kept Secret As Critics Blast Methods

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10.31.2015 at 12:34pm

Assessment Of Female Marines Kept Secret As Critics Blast Methods – National Public Radio

Defense Secretary Ash Carter faces a big decision. It's whether to bar women from many ground combat jobs in the Marines. Marine General Joseph Dunford recommended that shortly before becoming the nation's top military officer. He based his view on a report that found female Marines to be slower and weaker and less lethal than their male counterparts – at least that's what we've heard. The Pentagon is keeping the full text of that report secret. NPR's Tom Bowman reports on what is known…

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