The Department of Defense is bent on keeping this item quiet, particularly given that we are just a year before the next presidential election. They have put out a call to fill out local draft boards. (Click here for the official statement)
That in itself could be dismissed, but there are also bills in both houses of congress to reinstate the draft, mercifully going nowhere since no one wants to have to vote for the draft right before an election.
Click here for the Senate Version
Click here for the House Version
Women, pay special attention to Section 10 of both bills if you think that being female is going to keep you out of the selective service.
As might be expected, no one in the administration is bringing this subject up voluntarily, but let's not let them sneak the draft back in behind our backs.
This is particularly important if you or someone you love was born between 1979 and 1987 (those dates assume Bush wants to keep his job more than he wants to deploy an adequate number of soldiers, hence would not dare sign the draft back in before the beginning of his next term).
In marginally better conscription news, a competing bill is languishing in committee, after receiving "unfavorable executive comment from the Selective Service Comm." that would eliminate the selective service entirely (click here to read the bill).
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