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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Women in Combat

    Back in December, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter announced that women are now allowed to serve in combat positions in the military. Before that announcement, about 10 percent, or 220,000 military positions were closed to women. This month, women are being integrated into combat positions. We learn what that involves.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Apr 6, 2016 • 1 min read

    Back in December, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter announced that women are now allowed to serve in combat positions in the military. Before that announcement, about 10 percent, or 220,000 military positions were closed to women. This month, women are being integrated into combat positions. We learn what that involves.

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    Can Bernie Sanders Break Up the Big Banks? And the New Black Panther
    1. 0:00Can Bernie Sanders Break Up the Big Banks?
    2. 11:04A 14th Amendment History Lesson
    3. 18:33Women in CombatYou’re reading this
    4. 33:32Reintroducing Black Panther
    5. 42:54The Iranian Revolution in Video Game Form
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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      Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

      Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations; Author

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    The full episode

    3 of 5
    Can Bernie Sanders Break Up the Big Banks? And the New Black Panther
    1. 0:00Can Bernie Sanders Break Up the Big Banks?
    2. 11:04A 14th Amendment History Lesson
    3. 18:33Women in CombatYou’re reading this
    4. 33:32Reintroducing Black Panther
    5. 42:54The Iranian Revolution in Video Game Form
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