Article: Women veterans decry 1979 Webb article: The Naval Academy graduates said Webb's views on women in the military fostered hostile attitudes toward them.

Byline: Michael Sluss

Sep. 14--RICHMOND -- Five female graduates of the U.S. Naval Academy said Wednesday that Democratic Senate candidate James Webb legitimized a hostile climate at the institution by writing a 1979 magazine article arguing that women were unfit for combat.

In a press conference arranged by the campaign of Republican incumbent George Allen, the five women and one male Navy graduate chastised Webb for writing an article for The Washingtonian magazine titled "Women Can't Fight." The article was published just three years after women were first admitted to the Naval Academy, Webb's alma mater.

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