'Special skills draft' on drawing board
Computer experts, foreign language specialists lead list of military's needs
by Eric Rosenberg, Hearst Newspapers
The government is taking the first steps toward a targeted military draft of Americans with special skills in computers and foreign languages.
The Selective Service System has begun the process of creating the procedures and policies to conduct such a targeted draft in case military officials ask Congress to authorize it and the lawmakers agree to such a request.
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