Last night, the House Armed Services Committee approved legislation that would keep women from all four branches from serving in direct ground combat.
Technically, women are still barred by Congress from serving in direct ground combat -- a distinction that seems increasingly disconnected from the reality of modern warfare.
The military bans women from direct ground combat, but already in the course of the Iraq War, more than 30 female service members have lost their lives.
At least four Palestinians have been killed as a direct result of the ground assault, Palestinian medical sources said, bringing the death toll in Gaza to 460 since the conflict erupted December 27.
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The new facility near Tongchang is far more advanced, with a 100-foot-tall launch tower and a below-ground tunnel to direct rocket exhaust.
The camera could also help direct a helicopter from the ground and be used in civilian roles, like fire fighting or search and rescue.
After the visitors won the toss, Boyce pushed the third ball of the day to Chris Schofield in the covers and was well short of his ground from a direct hit at the bowler's end.
For the pilots like Donut, this link to the troops on the ground gives them very direct feedback and satisfaction in their work.
Suzhou city officials saw the value in developing the fertile ground needed to attract foreign direct investment (FDI), but they could not do it alone.
Because the second vote elects candidates from lists drawn up by party bosses, it sometimes brings into parliament people who have little knowledge of, let alone sense of direct responsibility for, voters on the ground.
Deterred since 1953 from direct military adventure by the presence of American ground forces, Kim Il Sung has relied on terrorism and other active measures to advance his political goal and he has done so with unequalled gall.
The ground-breaking talks - the first direct negotiations in a decade - are then expected to move to Cuba.
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Alf Cannan said the move was a "direct interference in the free market and blurs the ground rules for fairness".
The helicopters are monitored as they fly autonomously to a forward operating base, where a marine controller on the ground takes over using a portable device to direct the drop.
Think of these Kurdish forces working under the umbrella of the Iraqi opposition as a whole, not just Kurdish elements of the opposition, in coordination and direct liaison with U.S. special forces on the ground and command and control from Central Command.
"We're only 20 minutes from Cardiff, it's a direct train link and there's a bus station right by the ground, " said McCarthy.
And finally, ground yourself regularly, with exercise and meditation, or with direct service, like spending time each month quietly serving in a soup kitchen.
At December's UN climate change conference in Bali, Indonesia, leaders from all countries can find common ground to ensure forest protection is included as a valid, direct and immediate action that generates measurable carbon credits.
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In addition to speaking at numerous conferences and outreach events, we have met with AIDS Service Organizations in 20 cities throughout the country to educate direct service providers on the rights of their clients and to build important ground-level relationships.
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So this is in direct response to what's going on with respect to boots on the ground and also in terms of what people are hearing back home in their districts.
Government geophysicists said they now found direct evidence of it, having pored over aerial pictures that document changes in the ground cover over the past 50 years.
T-shirts, is also seeking an injunction against Tesco on the ground that it is selling discounted Guess? shirts that have not been bought direct from the manufacturer.
He remained in the post until the republic's first direct presidential elections in 1999 when Vladimir Semenov, a Karachay and former commander of Russian ground forces, defeated the late Stanislav Derev, a Cherkess businessman.
I'm standing amid the rubble of what U.S. special force commanders and Kurdish fighters say was the very heart of Ansar Al Islam, a terrorist organization with direct links, it's claimed, by U.S. forces on the ground, to al Qaeda.
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