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<h1 itemprop="headline">In New Land Mine Policy, U.S. Takes Step Toward Treaty Approval</h1>
        <h2 class="">U.S. Wouldn't Produce Antipersonnel Land Mines or Acquire New Ones</h2>
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<div class=""><span class="">By</span><span class="" rel="author" itemprop="author"> Felicia Schwartz<span class=""></span></span>
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<div class="">Updated June 27, 2014 10:02 p.m. ET</div>
<p style="font-size:15px">Signaling its strongest move yet toward
joining a 15-year-old international treaty banning land mines, the
Obama
administration announced Friday that the U.S. would no longer
produce antipersonnel land mines or acquire new ones, including to
replace expiring munitions in its stockpile.</p><p style="font-size:15px"><a href="http://online.wsj.com/news/article_email/obama-administration-sets-course-to-sign-land-mine-ban-1403870731-lMyQjAxMTA0MDIwNzEyNDcyWj">[more]</a><br>
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