Spc. Crisma Albarran detaches an ammunition case from its mount after a UH-60 Black Hawk flight over Iraq in 2010. Staff Sgt. Jeff Lowry / Army Bill Would Lift Combat Restrictions For Women -- Air Force Times
Next week’s House debate on the 2012 defense budget could include a vote on landmark legislation that would lift the last barriers to women serving in combat jobs in the U.S. military.
Rep. Loretta Sanchez, D-Calif., a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, has prepared an amendment repealing the policy that prevents women from serving in front-line combat units in the Army and Marine Corps.
The House is scheduled to take up HR 1540, the 2012 defense authorization bill, next week with plans to pass the $689 billion policy bill by Memorial Day.
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