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Women in Combat
Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta hands Army Lt. Col. Tamatha Patterson a document he signed during a news conference at the Pentagon, Jan. 24, 2013, to lift the Defense Department's ban on women in direct ground combat roles. (DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo)

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Photo by: Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo |  VIRIN: 130124-F-AM806-168.JPG