National Security: DOD Should Reevaluate Requirements for the Selective Service System
Description:
A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Department of Defense (DOD) has not recently evaluated the necessity of the Selective Service System to meeting DODs future manpower requirements for carrying out the defense strategy or reexamined time frames for inducting personnel in the event of a draft. DOD officials told GAO that the Selective Service System provides a low-cost insurance policy in case a draft is ever necessary. The Selective…
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Date:
June 7, 2012
Creator:
United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department