Army Leader Raises Specter of Drafting Women

By Published on October 13, 2015

Integrating women into combat will eventually force lawmakers to have an “emotional discussion and debate” about whether women should also be part of the draft, the Army secretary said Monday.

John McHugh said it’s still too early to discuss whether women should have to sign up for the Selective Service as men have. But, as the military drives toward a Jan. 1 deadline to open some or all combat positions to women, McHugh acknowledged the country will need to have the conversation if women have the same opportunities in the military as men.

“If your objective is true and pure equality, then you have to look at all aspects and at some point Selective Service will have to be one of those things considered very carefully,” McHugh said on the first day of the Association of the United States Army’s annual meeting in Washington.

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