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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Congress edgily considers reviving some form of the draft...
During the late stages of the Viet Nam War, military conscription was so despised by so many Americans that it spawned a new class of nonviolent criminals: young men who tore up draft cards or fled to Canada or Sweden to avoid induction. Since then, the U.S. has shifted to an all-volunteer force, and no one has been called up since 1972. But last week Congress reluctantly was again considering reinstating the draft, or at least some of its preliminary steps...
Later that evening, Dayan called Vance and asked for another meeting. It lasted about an hour, after which Vance told Carter that there suddenly appeared to be some room to maneuver. Encouraged, Carter told Vance to try once again to draft some new ideas. The Secretary and his team worked until 1 a.m., were up again at 6 and were ready to brief Carter an hour later...
...calmly awaited Begin's reaction. To everyone's surprise, the Israeli seemed much impressed. He studied the single-page draft for several minutes and then said he would "consider these proposals seriously." The Americans looked at each other in astonishment. Said one later: "It was the best news we had heard in a long time." Said another: "We had absolutely no rational reason to presume that Begin would be receptive...
With the March 30 referendum on the creation of an Islamic republic drawing near, the Ayatullah has rejected the proposed constitution written by a group of lawyers at Bazargan's request. He prefers the strongly Islamic draft constitution put together by a group of his aides. The task of reconciling the two documents has fallen to Interior Minister Haj-Sayed-Javadi. .His biggest problem areas: the role of the Iranian parliament and the status of women. While the lawyers proposed that the parliament have full legislative powers, Khomeini at first favored merely an advisory role; he now appears...