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Post by bot on Dec 3, 2015 18:15:16 GMT -5
Statement by the President on Women in the U.S. Military by mtorrell One of the qualities that makes America's armed forces the best in the world is that we draw on the talents and skills of our people. When we desegregated our military, it became stronger. In recent years, we ended "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and allowed gay and lesbian Americans to serve openly -- and it's made our military stronger. Over recent decades, we've opened about 90 percent of military positions to women who time and again have proven that they, too, are qualified, ready and up to the task. In the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, our courageous women in uniform have served with honor, on the front lines -- and some have given their very lives. www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/12/03/statement-president-women-us-military
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