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Is Donald Trump considering a military draft for Iran? What we know
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said President Trump keeps all options open despite no current draft plans amid six U.S. military deaths in Iran conflict.
- More than a week into the war in Iran, talks about a U.S. military draft surfaced after White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt's March 8 remarks.
- Congress would have to amend the Military Selective Service Act to authorize a draft, while federal law requires almost all men ages 18 to 25 to register within 30 days of turning 18.
- The Selective Service would stage a public, televised lottery using birthday and sequence-number machines to set call-up order, starting with 20-year-olds before moving through ages up to 25 among nearly 2 million registrants.
- The system must deliver the first inductees within 193 days, with induction notices sending registrants to MEPS for evaluations, and appeal boards processing claims for exemptions or deferments.
- With more than 1.3 million serving across active, Reserve and Guard components, the U.S. retains significant capacity, and Mark F. Cancian said 'There is no way that there will be a draft in this war'.
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Donald Trump's handling of the war against Iran has shown that he, a "draft dodger" unfamiliar with "the terrible realities of war," has "failed to learn the most obvious lesson" of modern warfighting, according to a new analysis from The i Paper.Writing for the outlet on Monday, columnist Ian Birrell argued that the conflict against Iran has shown how "the world's most powerful nation has failed to spot that warfare has changed." Despite the ov…
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