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The AFP points out that the "call to consider a imposing a draft comes just days after the Pentagon moved to extend the missions of some 20,000 US troops in Iraq." [http://www.spacewar.com/2004/040420154719.soi8dhtt.html] See [[Iraqi sovereignty: June 30, 2004]] and [[Operation Iraqi Freedom: Year Two]] for context.
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The May 3, 2004, [http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1083535813785&call_pageid=968332188854&col=968350060724 ''Toronto Star''] reports that [[Lewis Brodsky]], acting director of the U.S. Selective Service System, "has proposed registering women for the military draft and requiring that young Americans regularly inform the government about whether they have training in niche specialties needed in the armed services.
"The proposal[, which was] presented to senior Pentagon officials just before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, also seeks to extend the age of draft registration to 34, up from 25."
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