...this country could not go to war without its military women volunteering to serve the nation. women have already been in combat. You know, more than 800 women wounded in the last decade, 140 have lost their lives.
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 I’ve got to tell you, in all my years of covering the military, protection of your fellow soldier, worrying about your fellow soldier, I’ve never seen it be gender specific. Troops look out for each other. They look out for the soldier to the right, their soldier to the left. I’ve never seen it where it’s been a case of worrying about the women too much.