On Thursday, Defense secretary Ash Carter denied the Marine Corps’s request to keep some combat roles exclusively open to men. “There will be no exceptions,” Carter said in remarks announcing that all combat units must be open to women. “This means that, as long as they qualify and meet the standards, women will now be able to contribute to our mission in ways they could not before.”
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