Sen. Jack Reed, a Democrat of Rhode Island, who chairs the Senate Armed Services Committee, said he was only “vaguely aware” of the House proposal but said it might be worth doing.
And there is no need to be talking about a draft right now.”An accompanying issue is whether to require women to register for the draft.
The version of the NDAA that passed out of the Senate Armed Services Committee last week amends the Military Selective Service Act requiring women to register for Selective Service.
We have had amendments that would have required women to register and we can’t get any real traction on the other side.
Wicker gave a one word answer – “no” – when asked about adding having women register.
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