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Boston Herald
August 14, 2007
Pg. 6
The Pentagon yesterday said there will be no draft for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and that the idea has never been under consideration.
"The all-volunteer force has surpassed all expectations of its founders," Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman told a reporter for Agence France-Presse.
Whitman was disputing comments by Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute, the White House coordinator to the Pentagon for the Iraq war. On Friday, Lute told NPR that military leaders are concerned about the impact of multiple tours of duty on soldiers' morale and readiness.
The draft, Lute said during the interview, "has always been an option on the table."
"I can tell you emphatically that there is absolutely no consideration being given to reinstituting the draft," Whitman said yesterday.
The draft ended in 1973 near the conclusion of the Vietnam War. Military leaders have said today's volunteer force is better educated and better motivated.
-- Herald staff
August 14, 2007
Pg. 6
The Pentagon yesterday said there will be no draft for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and that the idea has never been under consideration.
"The all-volunteer force has surpassed all expectations of its founders," Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman told a reporter for Agence France-Presse.
Whitman was disputing comments by Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute, the White House coordinator to the Pentagon for the Iraq war. On Friday, Lute told NPR that military leaders are concerned about the impact of multiple tours of duty on soldiers' morale and readiness.
The draft, Lute said during the interview, "has always been an option on the table."
"I can tell you emphatically that there is absolutely no consideration being given to reinstituting the draft," Whitman said yesterday.
The draft ended in 1973 near the conclusion of the Vietnam War. Military leaders have said today's volunteer force is better educated and better motivated.
-- Herald staff