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...little more than a year ago, an obscure Defense Department website called defendamerica.mil posted a routine notice from the Selective Service System (SSS) seeking to fill vacancies on the nation's 2,000 draft boards. The boards do little these days--the last draft ended 31 years ago--but they are maintained in case a cataclysmic event makes conscription necessary again...
...formation of a website called stopthedraftnow.com and they inspired a largely fallacious, prodigiously forwarded e-mail claiming that the White House was fighting for the bills and that "$28 million has been added to the 2004 Selective Service System budget to prepare for a draft." In fact the entire SSS budget is just $26 million, and the system estimates it would need $600 million to oversee a national draft. When Republicans finally brought Rangel's bill to a vote last week, it lost...
...regret to inform you that two of the sources you cited have actually won RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS. Despite their excellent qualifications, we are disappointed that you chose these sources for your article. Some of their peers would be a better fit for the Crimson's Senior Sob Stories (SSS...
Again we thank you for your interest in the SRP, WOS, and SSS and wish you success in your future investigative endeavors...
...draft cards, which have down criticism from anti-draft groups around the country, are printed at the are printed at the bottom of registration letters sent to young men who sign up with SSS. They can be clipped out and carried in a wallet...