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u.s. navy s.e.a.l. has always been closed to women. but under pentagon orders, that could change. >> we're looking for smart, qualified operators. you know, there's just -- there's a new dynamic. the days of rambo are over. >> reporter: military services have been ordered to open nearly 240,000 combat related jobs to women in the next three years, which could even include frontline combat roles in special forces like the army rangers and navy s.e.a.l.s. that could be a tough challenge. physical standards will not be lowered for women. load the tank round has got to be one that's done by a male tank gunner or a female tank gunner. we don't have different size weight rounds for them. >> reporter: there's also serious concern about the effect on young men and women isolated in small units under the stress of battle. >> i'm actually more concerned with the men, and their reaction to women in their formations. quite frankly. >> reporter: but women have already been battle tested under enemy fire in iraq and afghanistan. 150 u.s. service wom

navy s.e.a.l.'s secret. he enlisted in 1990, with the dream of joining the u.s.st secretive forces in the u.s. military. he realized that dream serving 20 years with the s.e.a.l.s, in some of the most dangerous battlefields in the world. serving in iraq and an

navy s.e.a.l.'s secret. he enlisted in 1990, with the dream of joining the u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s, one of the toughest, fittest and most secretive forces in the u.s. military. he realized that dream serving 20 years with the s.e.a.l.s, serving in iraq and afghanistan. a former navy s.e.a.l. who knew beck said he had a stellar reputation. by the time he retired in 2011, he had a long list of medals and commendations including the bronze star and purple heart. but for 20 years, while fighting for his country, he was fighting a battle over his gender identity. chris beck wanted to live his life openly and honestly as a woman. which is what he started doing when he retired in 2011. chris beck is now kristen beck, and feels like she's becoming the person she was always meant to be. it's been a long journey to get to this point. she's written a book about her experience called "warrior princess." princess." it comes after the u.s. department of defense repealed its don't ask, don't tell, but gender identity has nothing to do with sexuality. the combat veteran would not be

u.s. navy s.e.a.l., a person who served this country for 20 years, and now is showing another kind of strengthbeen. this is her story, from chris to kristin, a navy s.e.a.l.'s secret. christopher todd beck enlisted with the military in 1990 with the dream of joining the u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s. the elite unit with a reputation of being one of the toughest, fittest and most secretive forces in the u.s. military. chris

navy s.e.a.l.'s secret. he enlisted in 1990, with the dream of joining the u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s, one of the toughest, fittest and most secretive forces in the u.s. military. he realized that dream serving 20 years with the s.e.a.l.s, serving in iraq and afghanistan. a former navy s.e.a.l. who knew beck said he had a stellar reputation. by the time he retired in 2011, he had a long list of medals and commendations including the bronze star and purple heart. but for 20 years, while fighting for his country, he was fighting a battle over his gender identity. chris beck wanted to live his life openly and honestly as a woman. which is what he started doing when he retired in 2011. chris beck is now kristen beck, and feels like she's becoming the person she was always meant to be. it's been a long journey to get to this point. she's written a book about her experience called "warrior princess princess." it comes after the u.s. department of defense repealed its don't ask, don't tell, but gender identity has nothing to do with sexuality. the combat veteran would not be al

navy s.e.a.l.'s secret. he enlisted in 1990, with the dream of joining the u.s. .l.s, one of the toughest, fittest and most secretive forces in the u.s. military. he realized that dream serving 20 years with the s.e.a.l.s, serving in iraq and afghanistan. a former navy s.e.a.l. who knew beck

navy s.e.a.l.'s secret. he enlisted in 1990, with the dream of joining the u.s.ry. he realized that dream serving 20 years with the s.e.a.l.s, serving in iraq and afghanistan. a former

u.s. navy s.e.a.l. he won medals fighting in both iraq and afghanistan. d to be, a woman, would have disqualified him from being a navy s.e.a.l. entirely. our anderson cooper has more. >> christopher todd beck enlisted with the military in 1990, with the dream of joining the u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s the elite unit for the reputation of being one of the toughest and fittest and most secretly forces in the u.s. military. beck realized that dream serving for 20 years with the s.e.a.l.s in some of the most dangerous battlegrounds around the world, including iraq and afghanistan. a former navy s.e.a.l. who knew beck said he had a stellar reputation among his comrades. by the time he retired from service in 2011, beck had a long list of medals and commendations including the bronze star and the purple heart. but for 20 years, while beck was fighting for his country, he was also fighting an inner battle, a battle over his gender identity. chris beck wanted to live his life openly and honestly as a woman. which is what he started doing after he retired in 2011. chris b

u.s. navy s.e.a.l., a person who served this country for 20 years, and now is showing another kind of strength, living as the woman she felt she's always been. this is her story, from chris to kristin, a navy s.e.a.l.'s secret. christopher todd beck enlisted with the military in 1990 with the dream of joining the u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s. the elite unit with a reputation of being one of the toughest, fittest and most secretive forces in the u.s. military. chris realized that dream serving 20 years with the s.e.a.l.s in some of the most dangerous battlefields in the world. serving in iraq and afghanistan. a former navy s.e.a.l. who knew beck said he had a stellar reputation. by the time he retired in 2011, he had a long list of medals and commendations including the bronze star and purple heart. but for 20 years, while fighting for his country, he was fighting an inner battle, a battle over his gender identity. chris beck wanted to live his life openly and honestly as a woman. which is what he started doing when he retired in 2011. chris beck is now kristin beck, she's currently on hormone replaceme

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navy s.e.a.l. is now a woman. you'll hear from the author of "warrior princess, a u.s. navy s.e.a.l.'ext hour of the "cnn newsroom." >>> all right. welcome back to the "newsroom." i'm fredricka whitfield. a look at the top stories we're following in the "newsroom" at this hour. >>> we're getting new details about the alleged gunman in a deadly shooting rampage in santa monica, california. what we're learning about possible mental health problems next. >>> and overseas nelson mandela is in the hospital for a lung infection. we'll go live to find out how he's doing that's a few minutes from now. >>> and it's a low-key meeting but the stakes are high, president obama holding an informal summit with chinese president xi jinping in california. a major issue? cybersecurity and reports that chinese hackers have stolen american military secrets. >>> all right, let's get started in santa monica, california. a gunman opened fire on a college campus yesterday, even shooting at police before police shot and killed him. a law enforcement source with knowledge of the investigation says the alleged

navy s.e.a.l. anderson cooper sat down and talked with her. >> christopher todd beck enlisted with the military in 1990 with the dream of joining the u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s., the elite unit with the reputation for being one of the toughest, the fittest and most secretive forces in the u.s. military. beck realized that dream serving for 20 years with the s.e.a.l.s. in some of the most dangerous battlegrounds around the world including iraq and afghanistan. a former navy s.e.a.l. who knew beck says he had a stellar commendation from his service members. he had a long list of medals and accommodations including the bronze star and purple heart. but for 20 years while beck was fighting for his country, he was also fighting an inner battle, a battle over his gender identity. chris beck wanted to live his life openly and honestly as a woman, which is what he started doing after he retired in 2011. chris beck is now kristen beck, she's currently on hormone replacement therapy and feels like she's becoming the person she was always meant to be. it's been a long journey for kristen to get to this point. she's written a book about her experience call

navy s.e.a.l., just been revealed and getting a lot of attention. >> in a new memoir chris beck details his transformation to become kristen beck. kate snow has more on the story. >> the u.sd women are not allowed to join the elite navy s.e.a.l.s. after his retirement the decorated navy s.e.a.l. went public with what she now describes as a whole new life. for 20 years he was christopher beck, fighting in some of the toughest spots on earth with navy s.e.a.l. team six, the same team that just months after beck's retirement went on to raid osama bin laden's compound. beck survived the notoriously intense training and years in combat with wounds, a purple heart, and bronze star to prove it, but it turns out the most difficult battle chris would face was with himself. >> no one ever met the real me. >> reporter: christopher is now kristen, and in an interview with cnn's anderson cooper thursday she described what it was like to suppress her true feelings how a father of two, twice married would buy things as victoria's secret for himself. >> there was a lot of guys in there buying stuff for their girlfriends, i'd buy a couple things, bring it home and wear it and then you hav

u.s. senate seat in massachusetts. the democratic candidate is congressman ed markey. republican candidate is a private equity guy and first time candidate, gabriel gomez, an ex navy s.e.a.l. no particular knockout blow landed by either side, but that is bad news for one side. that is bad news for the republican candidate since he appears to be seven points back in the polls. and because first lady michelle obama campaigned for ed markey two weeks ago and vice president biden campaigned for ed markey tonight. and president obama, himself, will be campaigning with ed markey tomorrow in roxbury in boston. democrat ed markey, again, in the latest polls ahead by seven. >>> meanwhile, the election in virginia is kind of going off the rails. that story's coming up. >>> this was the scene early yesterday morning in a place called ellicott city, maryland, just outside of baltimore. hello. hello. anybody home? we're here from the government and we'd like to talk. that house in ellicott city is listed as previous residence of edward snowden who released secret documents to "the guardian" and "washington post." after attempts to find out if anybody was home at that house, these gent

u.s. military women as navy s.e.a.l.s and army rangers. look at the websites alone, the face of the army ranger, it shows a determined man, and on the navy s.e.a.lwebsite, two armed men looking like they're very much ready for action. the new plan of this military to allow women to start training for these elite roles could mean women will have a place on these websites even. females could start training as army rangers by mid 2014, as navy s.e.a.l.s in 2016. women will reportedly be expected to pass the same physical tests and requirements as men. in other words, women will have to do the same numbers of push-ups, pull-ups and sit-ups, swim and run in the same amount of time as men. the aclu sued the government last fall over the exclusion of women in kon combat roles. we spoke to the attorney in that particular case who said it's about time women are given the chance to get this specialized training. >> if you can meet the necessary requirements for the position, then you should be allowed to serve in the position. and up to now women have not even had a chance to compete for many of these positions. >> on the other side of the coin, people li

u.s. military. beck realized that dream serving for 20 years with the s.e.a.l.s in some of the most dangerous battle grounds around the world including iraq and afghanistan. a former navy s.e.a.l said he had a stellar reputation among his comrades. by the time he retired in service in 2011, beck had a long list of medals and commendations including the bronze star and the purple heart. for 20 years while beck was fighting for his country, he was also fighting an inner battle. a battle over his gender identity. chris beck wanted to live his life openly and honestly as a woman, which is what he started doing after he retired in 2011. chris beck is now kristen beck. she's currently on hormone replacement therapy and feels like she's becoming the person she was always meant to be. it's been a long journey for kristen to get to this point. she's written a book about her experience called warrior princess hoping to help others. the book comes nearly two years after the department of defense repealed its don't ask, don't tell policy allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military. transgender men and women are still banned from service. the 20-year decorated veteran would

u.s. senate seat in massachusetts. the democratic candidate is congressman ed markey. republican candidate is a private equity guy and first time candidate, gabriel gomez, an ex navy s.e.a.lhe second of their three debates which took place tonight in western mass. no particular knockout blow landed by either side, but that is bad news for one side. that is bad news for the republican candidate since he appears to be seven points back in the polls. and because first lady michelle obama campaigned for ed markey two weeks ago and vice president biden campaigned for ed markey tonight. and president obama, himself, will be campaigning with ed markey tomorrow in roxbury in boston. a senate election in massachusetts is in two weeks, and democrat ed markey, again, in the latest polls, ahead by seven. >>> meanwhile, the election in virginia is kind of going off the rails. that story's coming up. i got this. [thinking] is it that time? the son picks up the check? [thinking] i'm still working. he's retired. i hope he's saving. i hope he saved enough. who matters most to you says the most about you. at massmutual we're owned by our policyowners, and they matter most to us. whether yo

u.s. military's deadliest snooil sniper rose to fame with his best selling biography "american sniper" about his tours on the battlefield in iraq. earlier this year tragedy struck the navy s.e.a.lce say a fellow vet did it. now chris kyle's widow speaking out for the first time. his 160 confirmed kills as a navy s.e.a.l. sniper made chris kyle a military legend. when i sat down with him last year, one year to the day before his shooting death, he told me the only number he cared about was of those he saved. >> did you ever have any sense of remorse or any lingering feelings about taking a life? >> no. every person i killed i have a clear conscious because they were actively trying to harm americans, allies or civilians. >> during four tours in iraq, kyle faced his own close brushes with death. insurgents even put a bounty on his head. all the while his wife taya waited back in texas with their two children. >> when i read it, read these stories, i kept thinking, this guy is teflon, nothing can hurt him. >> yeah. >> did you get to the point you thought he was invincible? >> to answer your question, no, i didn't. maybe i was a realist, pessimist but i was always in fear for his l

u.s. senate race that's going to happen on tuesday in the great state of massachusetts, and this poll found something amazing. it found that the republican candidate, the private equity guy, gabriel gomez, ex-navy s.e.a.l trailing the congressman ed markey by only one point. no other poll showed the race anywhere near that close, but this poll funded by the california winemaker guy found that to be true. amazing. also turns out that the wine guy who put together this too good to be true poll for gabriel gomez is the main donor for gomez's side. "the wall street journal" had this in it today with this shot from his winery reporting "in the last two weeks, john jordan has single-handedly spent more than $1.2 million to help gabriel gomez in his uphill race against ed markey." $1.2 million spent by this one guy. to put that in perspective, the republican party itself has spent $900,000 on gomez, but this one guy in california with the wine glass is pumping more money into the gomez cause than the whole republican party is, and even though the actual polls in this race so that it is really not very close anymore, even though the real polls show ed markey opened up a 20-point lead, gabriel gomez is all set

u.s. senate seat in massachusetts. the democratic candidate is congressman ed markey. republican candidate is a privateñ equity guy and first time candidate, gabriel gomez, an ex navy s.e.a.lnockout blow landed by either side, but that is bad news for one side. that is bad news for the republican candidate since he appears to be seven points back in the polls. and because first lady michelle obama campaigned for ed markey two weeks ago and vice president biden campaigned for ed markey tonight. and president obama, himself, will be campaigning with ed markey tomorrow in roxbury in boston. democrat ed markey, again, in the latest polls ahead by seven. meanwhile, the election in virginia is kind of going off the rails. that story's coming up. i'm on expert on softball. and tea parties. i'll have more awkward conversations than i'm equipped for, because i'm raising two girls on my own. i'll worry about the economy more than a few times before they're grown. but it's for them, so i've found a way. who matters most to you says the most about you. at massmutual we're owned by our policyowners, and they matter most to us. ready to plan for your future? we'll help you get there. ♪

u.s. military. beck realized that dream serving for 20 years with the s.e.a.l.s and some of the most dangerous battlegrounds around the world, including iraq and afghanistan. a former navy s.e.a.lknew beck said he had a stellar reputation among his comrades. by the time he retired from service, in 2011, beck had a long list of medals and accommodations including the bronze star and purple heart. but for 20 years while beck was fighting for his country, he was also fighting an inner battle, a battle over his gender identity. chris beck wanted to live his life openly and honestly as a woman, which is what he started doing after he retired in 2011. chris beck is now kristin beck, on hormone replacement therapy, and feels like she's becoming the person she was always meant to be. it has been a long journey for kristin to get to this point. she's written a book about her experience called "warrior princess," hoping to help others. the book comes nearly two years after the department of defense repealed its don't ask, don't tell policy allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military, but gender identity has nothing to do with sexuality. transgender men and women are still