Defense Cuts Could Lead To Military Draft, House Armed Services Chairman Says -- Washington Post
If the bipartisan debt supercommittee is unable to reach a deal by Thanksgiving, across-the-board cuts to defense spending could lead to the reinstatement of a military draft, the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said Monday.
“We ... need to understand what it’s going to mean to keep an all-volunteer force,” Rep. Buck McKeon (R-Calif.) told Fox News Channel Monday. “Do we want to reinstitute the draft? Some of the cuts we’re talking about would take over 200,000 out of end strength from our military.”
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Update: US lawmaker warns cuts may revive military draft -- AFP
My Comment: There is no political will in Washington to implement the draft. None whatsoever.
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