The same year she died, a bill to militarize the WASP program failed by 19 votes in Congress.

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"Name me a huge economic power that did not militarize, " Murrin says.

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There is no desire in the Obama administration to "further militarize the conflict, " though it's content to see the FSA receive weapons from others.

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"This is not about efforts to militarize cyberspace, " he said.

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Our position, independent of that -- well, related to but not solely dependent on that, is that now is not the time to further militarize the situation in Syria.

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But in the end, a majority of member states felt any move to further militarize the Syrian conflict could undermine the fragile efforts aimed at a political solution, diplomats said.

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While he was in office, Bill Clinton launched Operation Gatekeeper to militarize the U.S.-Mexico border south of San Diego and signed legislation to make it easier to deport people and harder for those slated for deportation to contest their removal.

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