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No draft, but boards are poised and ready

Published October 11, 2008, 9:22 pm, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The U.S. government hasn't drafted a male into the military since 1973, but the Selective Service System still oversees 2,000 draft boards nationwide that could spring into action on short

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