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Uncle Sam Might Want Ladies Too

by KREX News Room
by Jacklyn Thrapp

Story Created: Feb 25, 2013 at 4:43 AM MDT

Story Updated: Feb 25, 2013 at 4:43 AM MDT

WASHINGTON (AP) - Tennnnnn-hut ladies! The next time Uncle Sam comes calling, he's probably going to want you, too.

The Obama administration recently decided to lift the ban on women in combat. Legal experts and military historians say that decision has opened the door for a change in the law that currently compels only men between age 18 and 25 to register for a military draft.

Never before have women been drafted into military service. Neither the White House nor Congress is in a hurry to make them register for a future call-up.

A draft would be enormously unpopular and adding women to the mix just isn't a priority for a battle-weary country nearing the end of more than a decade of war. Yet, legally, there may be no other choice.

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Disgusted said on Monday, Feb 25 at 12:23 PM

They have to have more "citizen-soldiers" to herd the general populace to the FEMA re-education camps.

Train To MURDER said on Monday, Feb 25 at 8:40 AM

Men Women Babys The WORLD - JOIN UP NOW KIDS AND MURDER YOUR OWN NATION ! New World Order of DEATH ! Work For the Bankers Wars Work For Dictators and CREEPS !

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