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Curtis Tarr, director of the Selective Service System, turning the drum containing capsules of draft numbers at the annual lottery in the Commerce Department auditorium, Washington, D.C., Feb. 2, 1972. (Thomas J., O’Halloran, U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection, Library of Congress ) By Patrick Lawrence / Consortium News It is 50 years ago now that old Melvin Laird, President Richard Nixon’s defense secretary and the architect of “Vietnamization” in the Indochina war, ended

Americans will understand themselves less fantastically if they consider the extent to which the end of the Selective Service System a half century ago gave them permission to put their public selves to sleep. By Patrick Lawrence Special to Consortium News It is 50 years ago now that old

A House Armed Service Committee (HASC) hearing on May 19 heard from witnesses on only one side of the debate over whether to end draft registration or extend it to young women as well as young men.

Antiwar.com Blog by Edward Hasbrouck Posted on A House Armed Service Committee (HASC) hearing on May 19th heard from witnesses on only one side of the debate over whether to end draft registration or extend it to young women as well as young men. But despite the one-sided panel of witnesses, questions and comments from members of Congress highlighted the failure of the ongoing attempt to get men to register for a future military draft, and the lack of any feasible way to enforce a future military draft of men or women. The Chair of the Armed Service Committee, Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA), opened ...