Word: draft
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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President Nixon presented concrete proposals yesterday which would lead toward the elimination of the draft and the creation of an all-volunteer army by July...
...knows precisely when we can end conscription," Nixon said yesterday. However, he continued, "The objective of this administration is to reduce draft calls to zero, subject to the overriding considerations of the national security...
...Nixon also asked Congress to limit to two years the extension of the Selective Service's authority to induct draftees. If this request is enacted, the Selective Service's power to draft men would end on July 1, 1973. Normally, Congress renews this authority for a full four years...
Nixon qualified this move by stating that although he "shall make every endeavor to reduce draft calls to zero by that time," the government would be "carefully and continually re-examining" its policy...
...addition to requesting an end to all remaining educational deferments, Nixon made a more general appeal for a national draft call by lottery to make draft liability throughout the nation "as equitable as possible...