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WASHINGTON — A House panel voted Wednesday to limit President Barack Obama’s authority to reduce the nation’s nuclear arsenal and implement a U.S.-Russia arms control treaty approved by the Senate in December.

Over the objections of the Defense Department and Democrats, the House Armed Services Committee approved amendments to the $553 billion defense spending bill for next year directly related to the president’s ability to make nuclear weapons reductions.

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