Does the U.S. Need the Draft?
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Both Bush and Kerry say no. But with America tied down in Iraq, military officials say they may need more troops to win the war -- and the next one
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Details are emerging about how Democrats hope to narrow the 2002 war authorization and limit the military's role in Iraq. A draft resolution will call for combat forces to be removed from Iraq by March 2008 and for remaining forces to be there only for counterterrorism operations and for training Iraqi forces, according to sources. Whether Congress can impose such restriction will be fiercely argued.
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As we argued last week, one of America&#39;s most urgent foreign policy needs is to retool international organizations and traditional alliances to provide collective security against the global threat of jihadist terrorism.
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Our position is: More US troops are needed to serve until the election, but Iraq must eventually handle its own security. The Pentagon&#39;s announcement that deployments are being extended for more than 10,000
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The EU is set to unveil its version of the US Green Card - a Blue Card targeting skilled immigrants. Is it necessary?
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2050 is apparently far enough away that the United States appears to ready to accept a call for a 50 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by then. The Americans continue pushing for voluntary, not mandatory, cuts.
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WASHINGTON, January 27 (RIA Novosti s Arkady Orlov) - A draft resolution on support for democracy and reform in Ukraine has been submitted to the US Senate, RIA learned in the Senate Foreign Relations ...
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For generations, the United States has selected its diplomats through a two-stage test seen as a model of merit-based rigor. Pass hundreds of questions in a dozen subject areas and a day-long oral grilling by Foreign Service officers, and join the ranks. Fail, and find a different line of work.
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US lawmakers are considering amending the Constitution to allow foreign-born American citizens to run for president of the United States.
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Comment is free: Timothy Garton Ash: To arm Sunni gangs smacks of desperation. America seems not yet to have learned that it will never win by arms alone.
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Some Republicans are upset that the White House has nominated only 25 people to fill the 47 vacancies now on the federal judiciary. Not to worry. If history is any guide, President Bush can nominate as many people as he wants, but most of them will not don the black robes anytime soon.
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The draft of the December 17, which was prepared by Term President Netherlands, was leaked to the press. The draft asserts that Turkey can not be a EU member until 2014.
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Withdrawing U.S. troops won't end the war. But if done right, it could save American lives, contain the violence and restore U.S. credibility.
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John Kerry says re-electing President George W. Bush would create &quot;the great potential of a draft.&quot; Not so, responds the incumbent: &quot;The best way to avoid a draft is to vote for me.
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Our position is: US troops need equipment redesigned from the ground up for fighting a new kind of warfare. Spc. Thomas Wilson was blunt with Secretary of Defense Don Rumsfeld this week during an open forum involving US troops in Iraq.
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Senators are debating whether to pass a resolution opposing President Bush's decision to send more troops to Iraq. Democrats want a simple vote on the measure, passed yesterday by the House. But it is not clear if they will have the 60 votes necessary to move ahead.
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Many military experts believe that reviving some sort of military draft is extremely unlikely, even impossible -- but not all of them.