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        PRESS RELEASE   For Immediate Release:                                                                                  Contact: Josh Holly or Harald Stavenas May 11, 2005                                                                                                                                   (202) 225-2539   Armed Services Committee Prohibits Women in Combat   Washington , D.C. – House Armed Services Committee Chairman Duncan Hunter (R-CA) today defended the line of demarcation that the Military Personnel Subcommittee established with respect to women in combat support units.  An amendment was offered this afternoon by Subcommittee Chairman John McHugh (R-NY) at Hunter’s request. Hunter’s statement is as follows: “The Forward Support Companies under the new Army modularization will be called upon to move into battle to support...

War stress heavier on womenMay 8, 2005BY CHERYL L. REED Staff Reporter, Chicago Sun-TimesIn a war marked by the most female troops ever to face daily combat, women service members appear to experience war differently from men, according to a Defense Department health questionnaire that tests the mental stability of half a million returning troops.The post-deployment questionnaire -- the first health analysis administered during a war -- shows that serving in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars may have harmed women's health more than men's and that a greater percentage of women see wounded and dead bodies and report having nightmares....