Martha McSally in Almanac of American Politics

On Homeland Security: Allow servicewomen to avoid body coverings in Saudi Arabia

She drew national attention after she filed--and won- a 2001 lawsuit against the Defense Department to overturn a policy that required U.S. servicewomen based in Saudi Arabia to wear a body-covering Muslim abaya and head scarf. In an interview on CBS's 60 minutes, she criticized what she called other forms of discrimination in the conservative Saudi culture. "I can fly a single-seat aircraft in enemy territory, but [in Saudi Arabia] I can't drive a vehicle," she said.