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Defense Secretary Ash Carter speaks during a news conference in June 2016 at the Pentagon.

Ash Carter, the U.S. defense secretary who opened combat jobs to women, dies at 68

In December 2015, after three years of study and debate, Carter ordered the military to open all jobs to women. He also ended the Pentagon's ban on transgender people serving in the military.

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  • The Associated Press
The FBI's El Paso, Texas, office received a report of an assault of a female service member by male Afghan evacuees at a complex in New Mexico.

FBI Investigating Reported Assault of Female U.S. Service Member By Afghan Evacuees

The service member said male evacuees staying at the Doña Ana County Range Complex in New Mexico assaulted her, according to local reports.

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  • Deepa Shivaram