Late-night work yields dozens of defense policy changes

Published April 28, 2016 9:19am ET



The House Armed Services Committee completed its annual marathon mark up of the fiscal 2017 defense policy bill early Thursday morning, and along the way approved changes such as requiring women to register for the draft, and allowing more Russian rockets in national security-related space launches.

The panel’s amendments also touched on several thorny social issues, from illegal immigration and abortion to gun laws and the Confederate flag.

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