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AP sources: Panetta opens combat roles to women

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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has removed the U.S. military ban on women in combat, opening thousands of front line positions, according to senior defense officials.

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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.

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