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linuxman

(2,337 posts) Wed Apr 27, 2016, 07:58 PM Apr 2016

House panel votes to make women register for the draft [View all]

http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/2016/04/27/ndaa-hasc-women-draft/83624490/

The proposal passed the House Armed Services Committee without support from its sponsor, Iraq War veteran Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., who introduced the measure as a way to force congressional conversation about the role of women in the military.
But several Republicans broke ranks with their committee counterparts to support the idea of drafting women for military service, until now a possibility solely reserved for men.

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House panel votes to make women register for the draft [View all] linuxman Apr 2016 OP

Good... Fresh_Start Apr 2016 #1

I'm of two minds on this. linuxman Apr 2016 #2

I understand your perspective Fresh_Start Apr 2016 #3

In WWII, 93% of our Army was draftees, all branches of the military drafted, even the Coast Guard. braddy Apr 2016 #4