If you want to know just how far the debate over women serving in combat situations has come, look no further than Sen. Marco Rubio, a top contender for the GOP's 2016 presidential nomination and a leading voice in the modern conservative movement.
For Rubio, the question is a no-brainer. "Women already are in combat to begin with. We should be putting our best soldiers forward regardless of their gender," Rubio spokesman Alex Conant said Thursday evening.
Likewise, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon also came out in favor of the Defense Department's announcement that the ban on women in combat would be lifted.
"After a decade of critical military service in hostile environments, women have demonstrated a wide range of capabilities in combat operations and we welcome this review," McKeon said in a statement.
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