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Warner Says Reviving Draft Would Be Costly

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From Times Wire Reports

The U.S. could not revive a military draft without requiring some sort of national service for other young adults, a vastly expensive undertaking, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said.

Sen. John W. Warner (R-Va.) responded, “The answer is no,” when asked on NBC’s “Meet the Press” program if the U.S. would need conscripts to meet its military needs.

“You just can’t go out equitably and grab 5% of the young people and force them into uniform without making all of the young people begin to do something comparable,” Warner said.

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