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Selective Service System Homepage
There is NO connection between this ongoing, routine public outreach to compensate for natural board attrition and current international events. Both the President and the Secretary of Defense have stated on several occasions that a draft is not needed for the war on terrorism, including Iraq.
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Universal National Service (15k PDF)
Almost hidden in a story of conscious objectors is the information that the Universal National Service Act of 2003 is before the House of Representatives sub-committee on Total Force. It would require two years of military or civil service of all 18-26 year olds.
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Draft Creep (100k PDF)
LewRockwell.com
Are "stop-loss orders" the new draft? Information on steps already taken to promote registration and perhaps revive the draft.
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Military Plans to Call Up Soldiers who Left Service; NYTimes
A rarely used wartime program allows the army to recall soldiers with less than eight years service who have left the military and did not join the reserves. Pentagon officials said Tuesday that 5,600 former soldiers, Individual Ready Reserves, were going to be called up for yearlong tours.
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Selective Service Calls for Draft Board Volunteers (107k PDF)
One former professor of strategy at the National War College in Washington remarked that "what the Department of Defense is doing is creating the infrastructure to make the draft a viable option should the administration wish to go this route."
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