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John Ridley on the Draft

NPR
Published January 17, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) recently introduced the Universal National Service Act of 2003, calling for mandatory military service. Commentator John Ridley agrees and says if the military comprised only rich white males then war would only be a last resort.

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