Bush Not Considering Return of the Draft
President Bush does not want Congress to bring back the military draft for his campaign against terrorism, his spokesman said.
“There is no consideration of that at this time,” White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer said. “And from my conversations with the Pentagon, it’s not something they anticipate.”
From 1948 until 1973, hundreds of thousands of men were drafted into the armed forces in times of war and peace. Presidential authority for the draft expired July 1, 1973, three months after the last U.S. soldiers left Vietnam. The military then became an all-volunteer force.
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