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Selective Service Repeal Act introduced in Congress


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Selective Service Repeal Act introduced in Congress
April 21, 2021
2:02 PM CDT
By Edward Hasbrouck
Anti-conscription activists light a draft classification card on fire on the steps of the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 10, 1967. | Charles Tasnadi / AP
The Selective Service Repeal Act of 2021 (H.R. 2509 and S. 1139) was introduced in Congress on April 14 with bipartisan support in both the House and the Senate. If passed, it would end draft registration and abolish the Selective Service System altogether.
“No young person, regardless of gender, should be subject to a military draft or be forced to register for a draft in the United States,” Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., co-sponsor of the bill, said while introducing it. ....

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Presbyterian Mission Agency PC(USA) champions peace in Colombia | Presbyterian Mission Agency


by Darla Carter | Presbyterian News Service
A street scene in Apartadó, Colombia. (Photo by Robyn Davis Sekula)
LOUISVILLE — The Washington office of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has signed onto a letter asking President Joe Biden to make the Colombian government’s full implementation of 2016 peace accords a priority.
The Office of Public Witness joined more than 20 other groups in signing onto the March 1 letter, which asks Biden’s administration to “pay attention to preserving and strengthening peace in Colombia and protecting the nation’s endangered human rights defenders.”
The letter centers on peace accords dating back to the Obama-Biden administration that are at risk because of what the signatories describe as “weak implementation” in the South American country that has been embroiled in 56 years of armed conflict. ....

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