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Selective Service would only be enacted in the rare event of war
Jul 23, 2021 11:41 PM EDT
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(ABC NEWS) Capitol Hill A U.S. Senate committee has approved legislation that would, if enacted, require young women to register for Selective Service alongside men, and in the rare event of a war or other national emergency, be drafted for the first time in the nation’s history.
During the Vietnam War between 1964 and 1973 nearly 2 million men were drafted in the U.S., according to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund. Just afterward, in 1973, facing a tide of opposition to the controversial draft, President Richard Nixon officially ended military conscription, and the U.S. established an all-volunteer force.
Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN
Now you tell us.
He suspected it was all “bullsh t” all along, says Bill Barr, the former attorney general, clearly trying to rehabilitate his image for the history books by distancing himself from the false notion of voter fraud pushed by former President Donald Trump.
The problem for Barr is that while he’s trying to state the obvious now, while he was in office he publicly raised concerns about the voter fraud he now says it’s clear it didn’t exist.
“Barr bears as much responsibility as anybody other than Trump himself for spreading the malicious lie that ultimately resulted in the January 6 Capitol insurrection,” Honig concludes.
The rehabilitation tours are underway for Trump s former officials
Former Attorney General William Barr says he suspected Former President Donald Trump s claims on widespread election fraud were all bullsh t. His comments were made public after The Atlantic published the statement as part of an excerpt from Betrayal, a book by ABC News chief Washington correspondent Jonathan Karl.
Posted: Jun 29, 2021 5:40 AM
Updated: Jun 29, 2021 5:40 AM
Posted By: Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN
Now you tell us.
He suspected it was all bullsh t all along, says Bill Barr, the former attorney general, clearly trying to rehabilitate his image for the history books by distancing himself from the false notion of voter fraud pushed by former President Donald Trump.