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"  Defense secretary Chuck Hagel has ordered a review of those grooming regulations the Army released earlier this year that made a lot of people angry. In a letter to lawmakers yesterday, Hagel said that he was taking the concerns \u2014 that the new rules banning large cornrows, twists, and dreadlocks discriminated against African-American women \u2014 &amp;quot;very seriously.&amp;quot; Hagel&amp;#039;s response follows an outcry from the Congressional Black Caucus and a White House petition asking the army to reconsider the regulations that garnered over 10,000 signatures. In the letter, the Defense Secretary announced that he has given Service Secretaries and Military Chiefs of the Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marines 30 days to review the definitions of authorized and prohibited hairstyles and revise any language that might be considered offensive. They will also have three months to review the policies themselves to ensure that they&amp;#039;re both fair and fit with the necessary military requirements. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m disappointed to see the Army, rather than inform themselves on how black people wear their hair, they&amp;#039;ve white-washed it all,&amp;quot; Sgt. Jasmine Jacobs of the Georgia National Guard told the Army Times after the regulations were first released. Hagel&amp;#039;s announcement raises the hope that the Army&amp;#039;s strict and insensitive new hair rules will be overturned all together. Photo credit: U.S. Army Via ELLE "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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