House Defense Policy Bill Would Require Women to Register for Draft

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Source http://www.wsj.com/articles/house-defense-policy-bill-would-require-women-to-register-for-draft-1461873859

WASHINGTON—The House Armed Services Committee approved an annual defense policy bill early Thursday morning that includes a provision that would require women to register with the Selective Service System.

House passage of the policy measure came about a month after Defense Secretary Ash Carter approved final plans to integrate women into all front-line military combat units. The military services are beginning to put those plans into effect, though officials have cautioned that the full incorporation of women could take years and that they are unlikely to be equally represented in many combat units.

The requirement that women register for the draft would be more a symbolic measure than a practical one, as the U.S. hasn't used a draft system since the Vietnam War.

Under current law, all male U.S. citizens between 18-25 years are required to register with Selective Service within 30 days of their 18th birthday. In addition, non-U.S.-citizen males between the ages of 18 and 25 (inclusive) living in the United States must register.

I assume this new bill of drafting women apply to both US citizens and non-US citizen just like the male selective service.

Thank god I am too old for this bill

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About time.

[belinda63 3,038]

I am all for it. Equal rights means just that. Freedom isn't free and it isn't sexist anymore.

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Even if the draft process itself were fair (which it never is), the politics and the privilege issues continue into military service. Even if the rich get drafted, they will get directed into roles where they aren’t at risk. Al Gore, for example, went to Vietnam, but of course when he got there it was decided that he should be a journalist.

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2015/05/military-draft/394133/

a year ago i thought the draft would never come back, but if king ding a ling trump gets in office he'll be more than ready to get that racket going again.

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Oddly enough no protest demanding equality

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Oddly enough no protest demanding equality

“Right now the draft is sexist,” said Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.), who filed an amendment to the House’s annual defense authorization bill to require women between the ages of 18 and 26 to register for the Selective Service, the government agency that keeps records of who is eligible to be conscripted.

Hunter, who is against the Obama administration’s recent policy change allowing women to serve in all combat roles, said he only proposed the measure to start a discussion about the draft. He voted against his own amendment, arguing that anyone who favored it would be siding with the administration. http://theslot.jezebel.com/house-armed-services-committee-votes-to-require-women-r-1773581009

haha. so typical.

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