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Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican, waits Feb. 12, 2013, on Capitol Hill to make a statement in opposition to President Obama's choice to run the Pentagon as the Senate Senate Armed Services Committee considers the nomination of former Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska to be secretary of defense. (Associated Press)
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Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the Pentagon's role in responding to the attack last year on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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**FILE** Defense Secretary Leon Panetta listens during a news conference at the Pentagon on Jan. 24, 2013, where he announced he is lifting a ban on women serving in combat. (Associated Press)
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Army veteran Nate Haddad (left), an employee at Fort Drum's Network Enterprise Center, appeared in uniform as an honored guest Feb. 28, 2012 in Philadelphia with Lt. Gen. William Troy, director of Army Staff at the Pentagon. (Courtesy photo)
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Army Lt. Col. Tamatha Patterson of Huntingdon, Tenn., waits for Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta to hand her the memorandum he has just signed ending the 1994 ban on women serving in combat on Jan. 24, 2013, during a news conference at the Pentagon. (Associated Press)
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Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta (right) motions Afghan President Hamid Karzai to the viewing stand during a full-honors arrival ceremony Thursday on the River Parade Field at the Pentagon. (Associated Press)