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  •   "In a war where there is no longer a clear delineation between the front lines and the side lines, where the war can come at you from any direction, this will be the first generation of veterans where large segments of women returning will have been exposed to some form of combat," Mullen said. President Barack Obama.

    In particular, Mullen is concerned about the fact that women veterans experience homelessness at increasing rates -- 10 percent of recent veterans seeking help for homelessness are women, he said."I know what the law says and I know what it requires but it would be hard for us to say that any woman who serves in Afghanistan today or who served in Iraq in the last few years did so without facing the same risks of their male counterparts," said U.Mullen said that women provide the military with "a competitive advantage" because in countries such as Afghanistan and Iraq they have access to places and people, including local women, that would be almost taboo for motor bearing male troops.WASHINGTON, Nov.

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