Web articles: On the draft
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Dec 17: Naom Chomsky: The Draft: My guess is that the Bush administration planners will not call for a draft.Dec 17: Infoshop News: Gearing Up for a Draft?The draft begins? Less than one month after Bush's re-election promises not to reinstate the draft the selective service is reviewing draft plans.
If there is a draft I strongly feel all people who voted Republican deserve to go first....Proof that a Draft is Being Readied for 2005? Debunking the myths Other articles belowPossibility Of A Military Draft Of Doctors Worries The AMAWall Street Journal December 8, 2004 Pg. D6
By Christopher Windham, Staff Reporter Of The Wall Street Journal
The Selective Service System said it is reviewing a little-known contingency plan for drafting physicians, nurses and other health professionals, causing concern at the American Medical Association, which voted yesterday to communicate with the agency on the issue.
The plan, called the Health Care Personnel Delivery System, was authorized by Congress in 1987 to handle an emergency need for medical personnel during a conflict. About 3.4 million male and female health-care workers ages 20 to 44 would be expected to register with the Selective Service if the president called for the plan to be put into action, and Congress approved.
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