Statue Approved to Honor W.Va. Women Veterans

Nearly a decade after sculptor P. Joseph Mullins was commissioned to craft the monument, the third committee to be involved in the process has approved both the design and a Capitol siting for a female veterans' memorial, The Associated Press reports.

AP notes that "the project has been held up by criticism that the statue was too masculine and should be wearing a skirt instead of fatigue pants and a T-shirt," but that at Wednesday's committee meeting, "Mullins explained the thinking behind the design."

This latest committee, featuring women who range from World War II veterans to active service members heading to Iraq, will now weigh in one some of the statute's finer details and help find it a specific spot on the Capitol campus, state officials said.

MetroNews also has an item.