country and a ice storm threatens cities. we ll have the latest. two years after a revolution that overtrue hozny mubarack a dozen people killed in new riots. gun control debate makes its way to washington. hundreds of protestors are marching along side politicn and actsors of newtown, connecticut . women in combat, a big term for president obama. senator john mccain will join us with his take of women on the front line . the veteran who sued the federal government for right to serve on the front line. i hope you will join us.
it imagine that. looking out for his unit or looking out for his unit. bill: these are all hypotheticals, ladies and gentlemen, gutfeld, you, women and combat? you can t sacrifice lives at the altar of quality. what quinns war is not feelings. war wins war. bill: you are against women in combat. no. actually i think women every bit as tough as men. i go by the short guy in the nba theory. there is is not a lot of short guys in the nba there is a spud web. he is out there. that doesn t mean i m going to be playing in the nba. the supply and demand are not there. but the feeling for it is. bill: let me try to paraphrase what you just said. it s a little confusing. i m a confusing person. you are. you watched xenia the warrior princess, you concede she could fight on the front lines but you don t feel there are too many lucy lawlessness in play. do i have it right? exactly. you actually actively have to go look at them usually in the back of the village boys and
it imagine that. looking out for his unit or looking out for his unit. bill: these are all hypotheticals, ladies and gentlemen, gutfeld, you, women and combat? you can t sacrifice lives at the altar of quality. what quinns war is not feelings. war wins war. bill: you are against women in combat. no. actually i think women every bit as tough as men. i go by the short guy in the nba theory. there is is not a lot of short guys in the nba there is a spud web. he is out there. that doesn t mean i m going to be playing in the nba. the supply and demand are not there. but the feeling for it is. bill: let me try to paraphrase what you just said. it s a little confusing. i m a confusing person. you are. you watched xenia the warrior princess, you concede she could fight on the front lines but you don t feel there are too many lucy lawlessness in play. do i have it right? exactly. you actually actively have to go look at them usually in the back of the village boys and it costs
unintended pregnancies are on the rise among service women. that s according to the findings of a new study released today. amid the news that the pentagon is lifting the ban on women in combat. just over 10% of women in the military said in 2008, they d had an unintended pregnancy in the last year. we re told that figure is about 50% higher than rates in the general public. access to birth control can be a problem for troops deployed for long periods of time. if women become pregnant, abortion is legally restricted on u.s. military bases. a professor at the university of california san francisco conducted the study based on department of defense data. president obama s nominee for secretary of state, the massachusetts senator john kerry we want off script today during his confirmation hearing. his comments about senator john mccain s ordeal in vietnam that were not in senator kerry s prepared remarks, plus what made him cry today. and the kennedys like you ve never seen them.
served two deployments in afghanistan and is in the marine corps reserves. she bought a federal lawsuit fighting the ban on women in combat. congresswoman, i want you to tell me if you can, delineate before today what were the restrictions or limits on what a woman could do as opposed to a male serving officer or enlisted person in the united states military. so, chris, women were not allowed to serve in specific jobs. in the army those combat jobs were infantry, armor, artillery. there s a whole list of them. for example, a woman could not become a field artillery officer. the only combat arms branch in the army that was open to women was aviation, which is what i became. didn t mean women weren t serving in combat, and the army recognized that and awards the combat action badge to show that you were engaged in direct combat. so there s two different policies. there s a little bit of a split