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Home Post Blog: GOP Lawmaker Wants to Stop Draft Registration

Marines at Camp Pendleton
Courtesy USMC
Marines at Camp Pendleton

It’s a legal requirement in the United States for young men to register with the Selective Service System when they turn 18, even though there hasn’t been a draft in this country since the Vietnam War era. The Army Times reports Republican Congressman Mike Coffman of Colorado is asking the House Armed Services Committee to shut the agency down. (Read more)