"I'm straight up just saying we should not have women in combat roles. It hasn't made us more effective. Hasn't made us more lethal. Has made fighting more complicated."
"Removing women from contention for jobs could force the services to lower standards to bring in more men who have not graduated high school, have criminal records or score too low on physical and mental tests."
"Where do you think I lost my legs, in a bar fight? I'm pretty sure I was in combat when that happened," snapped Sen. Tammy Duckworth, responding to the debate.
"The military services have struggled for years to meet recruiting goals, facing stiff competition from companies that pay more and offer similar or better benefits."
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