Tag: draft
Picking the Low-hanging Fruits of Our Nation
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Posted to Politics on Mon Jan 28, 2008 at 11:48:26 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Only 70.7% of the incoming Army recruits held a regular high school diploma in 2007, down 20 points from the 90% benchmark. The lack of qualified recruits is causing some to call for a return to a general draft system.
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Civil Servants Feel a Draft
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Posted to Politics on Thu Nov 01, 2007 at 08:33:39 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Does hot sand, interesting people, and foreign travel sound like a fun job posting? Not for several members of the US Foreign Service who risk being forced to take assignments in Iraq or be fired.
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Service guarantees citizenship. Would you like to know more?
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Posted to Scoop on Thu Sep 06, 2007 at 01:21:45 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
As educational standards plummet, national identity and patriotism drops, there is debate about how to best instill the ideas and values of a democracy in the youth of America.
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Hell No, We Won't Go! To The Polls, That Is.
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Posted to Legal on Thu Feb 01, 2007 at 02:35:52 PM EST (promoted by 1fastdog). RSS.
The new Ohio Secretary of State, Jennifer Brunner, is making waves with a new proposal to begin conscription of citizens... for election day duty.
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