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October 6, 2004
ARTICLE UPDATE:
U.S. Military Feels a Limit to its Reach
On Tuesday, Oct. 5, the same day that Newsdesk.org published the article "U.S. Military Feels a Limit to its Reach," the House of Representatives voted to quash Representative Rangel's draft-authorization bill.
The change has been reflected in the article. The original and updated text is listed below.
-- The Editors
UPDATED
If a lengthy Iraq occupation exhausts the volunteer military, the potential for a draft is uncertain.
Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) and Sen. Ernest Hollings (D-SC) introduced bills last winter that would reestablish a draft for men and women aged 18-26, with deferments for education permitted only through high school.
The House voted 402-2 on Tuesday, Oct. 5, to kill Rangel's bill, which the representative introduced last January as a protest to the White House policy on Iraq. In the Senate, Hollings' bill is apparently still waiting in the wings.
ORIGINAL
If a lengthy Iraq occupation exhausts the volunteer military, the groundwork for a draft already has been laid.
Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) and Sen. Ernest Hollings (D-SC) introduced bills last winter that would reestablish a draft for men and women aged 18-26, with deferments for education permitted only through high school.
Although the bills currently have little traction in Congress -- 14 co-sponsors in the House, and none in the Senate -- they nevertheless start the legislative process necessary for a new draft.
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