This was Martha McSally back in 2002 on 60 Minutes. At that time she was challenging the DoD rule that said she had to wear the Muslim Abaya when leaving her base in Saudi Arabia. The lady had guts, but by then she was already the first American woman to fly in combat since the 1991 lifting of the prohibition of women in combat, and the first woman to command a USAF fighter squadron.
She retired from the Air Force in May, 2010, and today, announced her intention to run in the special election to replace Representative Gabrielle Giffords in her Arizona district. The full story is in today's Tucson Sentinel Online.
It could probably go without saying that she is running as a Republican.
