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WASHINGTON 鈥?Buckling under conservative pressure, the Republican-led House Rules Committee pulled a legislative sleight of hand and stripped a provision from the annual defense policy bill that would have required women between the ages of 18 and 25 to sign up for a military draft.The committee chairman, Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, said in a statement Tuesday the action was
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