it should always be a last resort in the policy. you re, obviously, well aware of the debate about female combat troops. they re too emotionally fragile, not physically strong enough. did you experience a lot of discrimination from your male counterparts when you were overseas? you know, as a second lieutenant, when i was first in iraq, there was a certain amount of rites of passage every marine goes through. i personally wrote this book to show there is a role for women in the military, a positive role, and i felt once i learned to deal with the military culture, people accepted me just like any other marine. you wrote a piece for the washington post about five myths of women in combat, physical strengths, sexual tension and women can be a distraction on the battlefield. are those myths? i believe so. i think if an officer enlisted woman presents themselves in a positive manner, and shows herself first as a military
on this holiday morning. and we ve got a lot of news. we begin with the weather. first a new wave of spring storms is pounding the midwest. in fact, some of the worst damage is in battle creek, michigan. a storm packing 80-mile-an-hour winds snapped trees, brought down a lot of power lines. in fact, across the state some 100,000 homes and businesses lost power. a violent storm hit the chicago area. ferocious winds uprooting trees and sending them on the tops of houses and cars. the trees just doubled. it was the strongest wind i ve seen in a long time. that s the important part. nobody got hurt. houses can be rebuilt, people takes a long time for them to get rebuilt. the severe weather grounded 450 flights at o hare airport sunday. could be more of the same today. we ll let you know whether there could be more of this. that s not exactly the news you want if you re coming back from your holiday vacation. we want to know what s in store for you today. rob marcian