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Jessica Landeros Paves the Way for Women Leaders in Combat

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Jessica Landeros holds a special place in U.S. military history. In 2004, she became the first woman in combat in Iraq during the Second Battle of Fallujah. Thanks in part to pioneers like Landeros, women will be allowed the opportunity to fight on the front line in all wars as of 2016, Fox News Latino reported.

After the 9/11 attacks, a 19-year-old Landeros joined the U.S. Navy. She started out as a plumber and convoy machine gunner in a construction battalion whose main objective was building bases and infrastructure, and went on to three tours of duty.

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CT Mirror: Immigration Unites, Then Divides House

Ana Maria Rivera, with hand to mouth, and other immigration activists watch from House gallery as roll call is taken on GOP amendment to bill opening driver’s licences to illegal immigrants. Bill passed on 74-55 vote at 5:48 a.m. (Photo: CT Mirror)

The push and pull of immigration politics played out over a marathon House session that began Wednesday with bipartisan consensus on one bill and ended Thursday in partisan rancor on another.

In a vote likely to reverberate in the 2014 races for governor and General Assembly, the House voted 74-55 after sunrise Thursday for a bill allowing people in the country illegally to obtain a Connecticut driver’s license, …

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