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GRAPEVINE, Page 15Why Annie Can't Fight
By JANICE CASTRO
President Bush has thrown up his hands after reading the
report from his PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON WOMEN IN THE
MILITARY, and may reverse its ban on women in combat cockpits
before sending the recommendations on to Congress. After a
yearlong, $4 million study, the 15-member commission came up
with several odd objections to women serving in combat. First of
all, the report argues, women might be taken as prisoners of
war. Servicewomen, who are asking for assignments in which they
could be killed, have already said they are willing to risk
imprisonment. The commission also insisted that if both parents
in a family are in the service, one should be forced to quit.
Guess which one?