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A Message for Maliki
President Bush should use the two-day summit meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki to restore momentum to efforts to build a stable and democratic Iraq. Both Bush and Maliki are under pressure to craft a joint policy that will restore momentum to efforts to build a stable and democratic Iraq.
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Troops are Representative of America
Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY), soon to chair the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, has announced his intention to reinstate the draft. He has offered three different justifications for the reversion to conscription after 33 years of an all-volunteer force: social justice, peace, and better troops. However, Heritage research shows Rep. Rangel’s arguments don’t match up with the facts.
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Who are the recruits?
A pillar of conventional wisdom about the U.S. military is that the quality of volunteers has been degraded after the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. Examples of the voices making this claim range from the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and New York Daily News to Michael Moore’s pseudo-documentary Fahrenheit 9/11. Some insist that minorities and the underprivileged are overrepresented in the military. Others accuse the U.S. Army of accepting unqualified enlistees in a futile attempt to meet its recruiting goals in the midst of an unpopular war.
But a recent Heritage study shows such conventional wisdom is wrong.
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Recent Research
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The Case Against the Draft: The Heritage Foundation's Research
by The Heritage Foundation
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Feulner on Friedman: A Tribute
by Edwin J. Feulner, Ph.D.
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What Correa's Win Means in Ecuador
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