were true, the ore major news story that the country would be riveted by right now is the historic decision made by the pentagon, the decision that all combat jobs in the united states military will now be open to women. the armed forces have been studying that prospect for three years now. it became a very high-profile prospect when women graduated from army ranger school for the first time in history earlier this year. a lot of people said that could physically never happen. it happened. but even with that, nobody had been sure if all combat jobs would be open to women or just some. now we know as of today it's all of them. the chiefs of the army, the navy, the air fort and the special operations command had all agreed already that all of their combat jobs could be open to women. there was a hold-up, though. the marine corps did not agree. the commandante requested