Obama also voiced his support for gay rights during his high profile second Inaugural address last month.
Separately on Sunday, Obama said he would have no hesitation sending women into combat after the Pentagon lifted its long-time ban last month. Women, as a practical matter, were already in combat, he said.
"Women as a practical matter are now in combat," Obama said. "When they're in theater, in places like Iraq and Afghanistan, they are vulnerable, they are wounded and they've been killed," Obama said in the CBS interview, broadcast live shortly before the Super Bowl football game.
"I meet extraordinary women in uniform who can do everything that a man can and more," Obama told CBS.
(Editing by Todd Eastham)
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