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Draft Reinstatement & Selective Service
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| Contributor | Gerald Farinas |
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| Last Modified | Gerald Farinas April 16, 2004 02:36pm |
| Description | Draft Reinstatement & Selective Service
The last draft was deactivated at the close of U.S. involvement in Vietnam in 1973. Draft registration was ceased altogether in 1975, but resumed by President Jimmy Carter in 1980 as a response to the growing Soviet threat. Since then, however, signing those registration cards has largely been a symbolic act for America's young men. in January of 2003, House Representative Charles Rangel (D-NY) introduced a bill, the Universal National Service Act of 2003, that would require two years of military or civilian national service for all Americans between the ages of 18 and 26, both male and female. Under the bill, no exemptions are to be given for college students. The bill had virtually no chance of being passed but it didn't mean it was a failure. The intent of the bill was to spark debate about military service in America and make people consider more heavily the costs of war.
Throughout the War on Terror and after the introduction of the Universal National Service Act, the debate about reinstating the draft for the War on Terror hit campuses nationwide. The debate continues to grow to this day. Should the draft be reinstated to meet the demands of the War on Terror? |
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