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Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor
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Reinstate the draft to balance the ethnic structure of the military?
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Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant
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Today, there is no draft, but with the continuing registration program for men turning 18, Selective Service is America's low cost manpower insurance policy for the all-volunteer military.
While tangible military requirements alone do not currently make a mass call-up of American young men likely, there are three reasons I believe we should maintain the Selective Service and the draft registration requirement.
Farmers were generally exempted from the military draft which was called “Selective Service.
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John Carthy,
Gun Shop Sales Assistant
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And clinton's draft dodging butt needs to stay out of military affairs alltogether.
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Josh Hogan,
Commander
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Military recruitment is down over twenty percent and Clinton is considering reinstating the draft because of necessity.
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Thomas Owens,
Police Officer
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Military recruiters appeared at houses where draft-age men were reported to live and often threatened or detained the occupants or inflicted material damage.
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Bob Greenberg,
Congressional Candidate
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A military focused on defending America instead of policing the globe would reduce manpower needs and further eliminate any reason to have a draft or draft registration.
A bill to reinstate the military draft has been introduced in the US House of Representatives by two Republicans, Nick Smith of Michigan and Curt Weldon of Pennsylvania.
The defense secretary also said he saw no reason to reinstate a military draft, as proposed by Rep.
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