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Selective Services Preparing for Draft

HeadlineJul 26, 2004

The acting head of the US Selective Service is calling on Congress to increase its $26 million annual budget in order to be fully prepared to initiate a military draft if needed. This according to a report in the Boston Globe. The director Jack Martin told the Globe “We want to be ready to implement a draft, but we are doing nothing in that regard right now.”

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