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Pentagon Gives Nod to Big Names for Women's Panel

By Andrea StoneJun 2nd 2010 – 8:23PM
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WASHINGTON (June 2) -- In a clear signal that the Obama administration hopes to make big changes at the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Robert Gates has named two high-profile veterans and a prominent feminist advocate to a little-known but influential advisory panel on women in the military. Retired Lt. Gen. Claudia Kennedy,...

Background on Margarethe Cammermeyer

Margarethe "Grethe" Cammermeyer (born March 24, 1942) served as a colonel in the Washington National Guard and became a gay rights activist.

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