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Fri Jun-04-04 03:02 AM
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Kerry does not believe **at this time** that there is a need for a draft

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1506&ncid=696&e=8&u=/afp/20040603/ts_alt_afp/us_vote_kerry_attacks

Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry (news - web sites) will propose increasing the US army's ranks by 40,000 troops to confront new threats, his campaign said.

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Former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff John Shalikashvili, another Kerry security team member, said "how quickly we can do this clearly will depend on the number of volunteers. You can and you should increase special ops in light of the missions before us."

But Shalikshvili underscored "I do not believe and Senator Kerry does not believe at this time that there is a need for a draft."

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Gee, how about 1 year from now. Maybe there will be a need then, huh?

See, all you folks who think there is no way Kerry would institute the draft are in denial.

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