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Army Recruiting Mid-Atlantic : The U.S. Army is NOT contacting anyone regarding the draft

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Ridgewood NJ, from the Army Recruiting Mid-Atlantic :

Fact check: The U.S. Army is NOT contacting anyone regarding the draft. If you are receiving texts, phone calls or direct messages about a military draft, they are not official communications from the U.S. Army.

The U.S. Army does not control the draft. Per the Selective Service System, the agency that oversees the draft, in the event that a national emergency necessitates a draft, Congress and the president would need to pass official legislation to authorize a draft.

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Lawmakers Introduce Bill Requiring Women to Register for Draft

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Republican representatives look to spur national debate

By
FELICIA SCHWARTZ
Feb. 4, 2016 6:05 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON—Two Republican lawmakers introduced a bill on Thursday that would require women to register for the draft in a step meant to advance a national debate about the Pentagon’s decision in December to open all military combat positions to women.

Women have been excluded from the Selective Service System, a decision that was upheld by a 1981 Supreme Court ruling that said as long as women weren’t allowed in combat units, they shouldn’t be subjected to it.

However, Defense Secretary Ash Carter in December said the Pentagon would open all combat positions to women, without exceptions. Reps. Duncan Hunter of California andRyan Zinke of Montana said in introducing their bill that Mr. Carter’s decision mandates a national debate about the role of women in the military.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/lawmakers-introduce-bill-requiring-women-register-for-draft-1454627151