With the Defense Department using emergency powers to extend active duty for a short-handed army in Iraq, it’s worth noting that the Pentagon may be “Oiling up the draft machine.” Legislation pending in the U.S. House and Senate — H.R. 163 and S.R. 89, identical bills introduced last year by Democrats and now quietly backed by the Bush administration — would re-institute a military draft. Here’s a short summary of the pertinent information. Meantime, $28 million has been added to the 2004 budget of the Selective Service System to prepare for a draft that could start as early as June 15, 2005.
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