https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/01/31/republicans-are-awol-on-women-in-combat/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 00:34:46 -0400<![CDATA[They are doing so on naïve assumptions. The first is that physical standards will not change, and only those few women who meet ones developed for men will be placed on the front lines. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey, has already breached that defense: “If we do decide that a particular standard is so high that a woman couldn’t make it, the burden is now on the service to come back and explain to the secretary, why is it that high? Does it really have to be that high?” Thus were the Armed Forces welcomed to the world of disparate impact that corporate attorneys have already come to know so well.]]>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:40:02 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/01/31/republicans-are-awol-on-women-in-combat-n99751