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WASHINGTON - For the first time since President Bush mobilized the National Guard and Reserve after the Sept. 11 attacks, the Pentagon is abandoning its limit on the time a citizen-soldier can be required to serve on active duty.

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Searunner52
Jan. 11, 2007, 5:49 p.m.
24 months is a long freaking time to be in combat!
No wonder the Guard recruitment numbers are dropping!
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berkeley
Jan. 11, 2007, 9:41 p.m.
apparently their fear of the draft is greater than anything else.
what happens when they run out of bodies?

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  JustCallMeV
  Jan. 11, 2007, 9:56 p.m.
  Here are some suggestions:
  1. Conscripts from newly immigrated people
  2. Ex-cons and felons fresh from parole
  3. Recall some former service members
  4. Extend selective service to include women and install draft
  5. Or just stop the war all together
  -V-
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  TechnologyExpert
  Jan. 11, 2007, 11:38 p.m.
  There will come a time when they will have to resort to a draft.
  
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    Searunner52
    Jan. 12, 2007, 9:21 a.m.
    Especially with the saber rattling Bush is doing toward Iran at present.