We miss your representing us in the United States Senate, but appreciate so much your shouldering these new responsibilities.

The goal is to deter President Assad's future use of chemical weapons and degrade his capacity to use them.

We as a country cannot combat the threats of the future by excluding the potential talents and skills offered by half the U.S. population.

This announcement really recognized our current reality that women are already serving in combat.

I, like many, was so pleased when Secretary Panetta announced that DOD was mapping out how to integrate women into combat roles.

Currently, women are being allowed to serve in previously closed units in open specialties in some units.

What happens in the short term if there is no 'sufficient cadre' of mid-level and senior women available 'at the point of introduction'?

Will the Army expand on its rationale for not opening Ranger School in the early phase of its plan?

Will OSD require each Service to brief OSD and Congress on how it is developing its gender-neutral occupational standards?

What happens in the short term if there is no sufficient cadre of mid-level and senior women available at the point of introduction?

What happens in the short term if there is no "sufficient cadre" of mid-level and senior women available "at the point of introduction"?