Women in combat - UPDATE

Well, it appears that they've backed off of their proposed amendment, but all is not back to the way it was. Instead, they're proposing signing into law what's now just DoD policy; that is, it would make it illegal (instead of just a breach of policy) for women to serve in combat.

None of this does anything to answer my questions from my previous post. Why? What's the underlying motivation?

Fargus...