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Writing on March 31, 2003, the Federal Citizen Information's National Contact Center stated: "Although there is currently no military draft, men who are American citizens (regardless of country of residence) or aliens who are permanent residents of the United States are required to register within 30 days of their 18th birthday. Within the U.S., registration forms should be available at any Post Office. On-line registration is also available. To find out more about registration and related issues, you may visit the [[Selective Service System]]'s web site." [http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/call/draft.htm accessed 8 December 2003].
== Refusal to Discharge Is discharge is an Involuntary Draft involuntary draft ==
"The Army's refusal to release tens of thousands of soldiers who have completed their terms of service amounts to drafting them on the very day they fulfill their obligations. These men and women have already risked their lives. They should not have to risk them a second time through involuntary service, through being forced to stay in Iraq. This is a draft. A draft forces people to serve involuntarily."—[[Dennis Kucinich]], [http://www.denniskucinich.us/article.php?story=20031231172324235 December 31, 2003].
== Resources and articles===== Related SourceWatch Resources articles===
*[[Coalition Provisional Authority]]
*[[Conscientious Objector]]
*[[draft evasion]]
*[[Exit Strategy from Iraq]]
*[[Homeland defense]]
*[[Iraq Coalition Casualty Statistics]]
*[[Military-industrial complex]]
*[[Operation Iraqi Freedom: Year Four]]*[[Operation Iraqi Freedom IIFive]]
*[[Post-war Iraq/U.S. military readiness]]
*[[Selective Service System]]
*[[stop-loss order]]
*[[The Long War]]
*[[troop surge in Iraq]]
*[[U.S. Central Command]]
*[[violence in the Middle East]]
*[[War on terrorism]]
*[[War Powers Act]]
== External Links =====LegislationReferences===*[http://causenet.commoncause.org/afr/issues/bills/?billnum=H.R.163&congress=108&size=full Universal National Service Act of 2003], introduced to the 108th Congress on January 7, 2003, as H.R.163 to [http://www.informationclearinghouse.info<references/article5252.htm reinstate the draft].>
===Websites=== *[http://www.comdsd.org/ Committee Opposed to Militarism and the Draft] web site.*[http://www.draftresistance.org/index.php draftresistance.org] web site.*[http://www.aclu.org/NationalSecurity/NationalSecuritylist.cfm?c=112 National Security : War powers and the draft], [[American Civil Liberties Union]].*[http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_draft ''Wikipedia'': Conscription]. ===Articles & CommentaryExternal articles===
====2001====
*[http://www.s-t.com/daily/09-01/09-20-01/a02wn008.htm "White House rules out new military draft in anti-terror campaign",] Associated Press, September 20, 2001.
*Rhonda Schwartz, [http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/08/is_the_next_ste.html "Is the Next Step a Draft?"] ''The Blotter''/ABC News, August 22, 2006.
====2007====*Joe Sudbay, [http://www.americablog.com/2007/08/bush.html "Bush's War Czar thinks 'it makes sense to certainly consider' a draft,"] AMERICAblog, August 10, 2007.*Joe Sudbay, [http://www.americablog.com/2007/08/new-strategy-for-bushs-endless-war-in.html "Yet another new strategy for Bush's endless war in Iraq: The Draft,"] AMERICAblog, August 11, 2007. ===External resources=======Legislation====*[http://causenet.commoncause.org/afr/issues/bills/?billnum=H.R.163&congress=108&size=full Universal National Service Act of 2003], introduced to the 108th Congress on January 7, 2003, as H.R.163 to [http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5252.htm reinstate the draft]. ====Websites====*[http://www.comdsd.org/ Committee Opposed to Militarism and the Draft] web site.*[http://www.draftresistance.org/index.php draftresistance.org] web site.*[http://www.aclu.org/NationalSecurity/NationalSecuritylist.cfm?c=112 National Security : War powers and the draft], [[American Civil Liberties Union]].*[http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_draft ''Wikipedia'': Conscription]. [[category:war/peace]][[category:war in Iraq]]