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September 30, 2004

Pentagon Lies about Considering the Draft

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The Pentagon has been meeting with the selective service towards a special skills draft. Below is the actual Pentagon doc, freed by FOIA request. Read it and weep, especially if you're 34 or under.

http://blatanttruth.org/selective_service091304.pdf (6 pages)

Supplemental information on the above:

http://blatanttruth.org/draft.php

[BuzzFlash Note: The excerpt below is from page 3 of the PDF document.]

Today's MSNBC story where the Pentagon claims no draft is being considered (not one word about the meetings with the Selective Service):

"Pentagon dismisses rumors of a new draft"

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