U.S. Army Lt. Col. Tamatha Patterson looks on as Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey shake hands after signing a memo directing a policy change lifting a combat ban on women in the military, at the Pentagon in Arlington, on January 24, 2013. The decision overturns a 1994 Pentagon rule that restricted women from artillery, armor, infantry and other such combat roles. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/The New York Times)
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