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Scott Brown pushes combat role for women

By Bryan Bender

 |  Globe Staff  

  February 22, 2012

In a move that may help him with a key part of the electorate this fall, Republican Senator Scott Brown today urged Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta to allow women to serve in combat, saying the nation has an “obligation” to provide greater opportunities for female troops who have sacrificed as their male counterparts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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