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Democrats seize on fears of military draft, but revival is unlikely.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Byline: Jim Puzzanghera
WASHINGTON _ Talk of a military draft keeps blowing in the wind this campaign season, and it's giving many people chills.
E-mails and Web logs continue to warn that Congress and the White House are moving to reinstitute a draft by next spring for all men and women 18 to 25 years old, with no deferments for college students, as there were during the Vietnam War. The Bush administration has denied having any such plans, but Democrats have seized on the issue in an attempt to energize worried young voters and mothers to vote for Sen. John Kerry.
When a voter in Florida asked him about it last week, Kerry said he wouldn't bring back the draft, ...
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