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Sat 01 Jan 2009Lisbon rerun to guarantee no conscription - O'Dea
VOTERS WILL get guarantees to prevent conscription and limit defence spending before the second Lisbon referendum, according to Minister for Defence Willie O'Dea.
"There was never any possibility of conscription, but people's fears were aroused, and we have to deal with that as well as we can," Mr O'Dea said.
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