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GOP Tries to Quash Rumors of Military Draft

NPR

By David Welna

Published October 3, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

Republicans in Congress are trying to quash persistent Internet rumors that the Bush administration is looking to reinstate a draft to bolster an American military stressed by troop deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan. NPR's David Welna reports.

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