Obama on women in combat, gay Boy Scouts

February 3, 2013 2:40 PM

In an interview with CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley, President Obama discussed the recent decision to allow women to fill combat roles in the military and the Boy Scouts' mulling ending the organization's ban on openly gay members, voicing support for both changes.

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