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Should Women Be Kept Out of Combat?

Published: Jan 01, 1990. Publicly Released: Jan 01, 1990.
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This article, which appeared in the GAO Journal, No. 9, Summer 1990, discusses the long-standing debate over current laws and regulations that exclude women from direct combat roles, focusing on: (1) the services' varying interpretations of those regulations; (2) problems and inconsistencies caused by changes in warfare since the enactment of the regulations; and (3) possible revisions to the regulations.

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