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Coming soon: A military draft for women?

A Senate bill wants women to register for draft in 2018.

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Senate says female WWII pilots’ ashes may be placed at Arlington Cemetery

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House committee votes to require women to register for draft

WASHINGTON — Women would be required to register for the military draft under a House committee's bill that comes just months after the Defense Department lifted all gender-based restrictions on front-line combat units.

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The Senate's leading Republican voices on national security are assembling an indictment of Donald Trump's worldview by soliciting rebuttals from U.S. military leaders that challenge the accuracy and legality of the GOP presidential front-runner's most provocative foreign policy positions.

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Officials say Guantanamo transfers have killed Americans

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House passes resolution condemning IS atrocities as genocide

WASHINGTON -- Ratcheting up the pressure on the Obama administration, the House has overwhelmingly approved a resolution that condemns as genocide the atrocities committed by the Islamic State group against Christians and other religious and ethnic minorities in Iraq and…

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