Defense Chief Panetta And Gen. Dempsey Discuss Plan To Lift Ban On Women In Combat

ARLINGTON, VA - JANUARY 24: U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta (C) hands recently-signed orders to an aide that will remove a ban on women in combat positions with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey (R) at the Pentagon January 24, 2013 in Arlington, Virginia. The U.S. Army and the Marine Corps will present plans to open most combat occupations to women by May 15. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)