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On the recordJuly 23, 2013
What rationale would allow the Marine Corps to keep women out of jobs that are the same or virtually the same as jobs the other Services have opened or will open?
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Niki Tsongas
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the rationale behind the Marine Corps' restrictions on women's job opportunities.

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