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White House, Pentagon Announce Support For Requiring Women To Register For The Draft

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12.01.16 | 5:39 pm
FILE - In this Jan. 3, 1990 file photo. Capt. Linda L. Bray, 29, from Butner, N.C., with the 988th Military Police Company from Fort Benning, Ga., poses in the Army's Quarry Heights base in Panama City, Panama. Bray... FILE - In this Jan. 3, 1990 file photo. Capt. Linda L. Bray, 29, from Butner, N.C., with the 988th Military Police Company from Fort Benning, Ga., poses in the Army's Quarry Heights base in Panama City, Panama. Bray led 30 MPs in an attack on Panamanian Defense Forces kennels the night of the American invasion, resulting in intense combat with PDF soldiers and a cache of weapons captured. She is the first woman to lead U.S. troops into battle. In 1991 she resigned her commission after an Army investigation questioned her report of the battle. (AP Photo, File) MORE LESS

WASHINGTON (AP) — White House, Pentagon announce support for requiring women to register for the military draft.

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