07/23/07 CBO Examines All-Volunteer Force

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"The Congressional Budget Office has released a major study of the U.S. military's demographics under an all-volunteer framework versus the draft. The idea of reinstating the draft was a major issue last November when Congressman Charlie Rangel (D-NY), a leader and committee chairman in the newly elected Democratic majority, vocalized his intent to once again make conscription the law of land. Called on by Congress to assess the matter, CBO offered new findings, which dispassionately deflates the notion that America's All-Volunteer Force (AVF) is inferior to a conscripted force by any measure: effectiveness, cost, troop quality, retention, morale, and even social fairness."

For more information:
http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/wm1561.cfm