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...report, requested by Rep. John Murtha, D-Penn., chairman of the defense subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee, says that drafting people could make it easier for the Army to reach its 2012 goal of 547,000 soldiers. It might also save some money if Congress opted to pay draftees less than volunteers. But the downside, the report claims, would be a less effective fighting force, thanks to a sudden influx of draftees who would remain in uniform for much shorter spells than today's all-volunteer soldiers...
...John Murtha (D-Penn...
Jill Long (D-Indians), Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky (D-Penn) and Karen Shepard (D-Utah), three members of the House of Representatives who were defeated in the elections last month, talked about their terms, their re-election races and the future of the Democratic Party...
...must seem to our representatives, many of whom are willing to do virtually anything to win re-election. This past election presented one notable exception: U.S. Rep. Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky (D-Penn.), whose recent election loss seems to stem from her exercise of the one characteristic politicians are accused of lacking: integrity...
...students engaged in open discussion with Director of the White House Office of National Service Eli Segal, Secretary of Education Richard Riley and Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Harris Wofford (D-Penn...