Call-Ups Have Some Feeling a Draft [Corrected 07/03/04] ; Rumors Have Young Men and Women Reviewing Their Options, but Officials Say the Draft Won't Return.

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When rumors circulated in May about the military reinstating a draft, Sam Peisner went on the Internet and distributed information to his classmates at Portland High School.

He mentioned his concerns to a friend, Jeff Beam of Turner, who spread the word to his friends at Leavitt Area High School.

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Call-Ups Have Some Feeling a Draft [Corrected 07/03/04] ; Rumors Have Young Men and Women Reviewing Their Options, but Officials Say the Draft Won't Return.

Pentagon officials and lawmakers including Maine's entire congressional delegation say there's no chance of a draft being reinstated, despite a need for soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. Still, many peace activists and young people like Peisner and Beam don't believe the politicians. They're worried that young men and women may be conscripted against their will, and theyre trying to f...

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