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Senators introduce bipartisan bill to end military draft

By Elaine Mallon
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Democratic and Republican senators have come together to introduce legislation that will put an end to the military draft.

The bill, introduced by Sens. Rand Paul (R-KY), Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), would repeal the Military Selective Service Act first passed in 1917 at the height of World War I.

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