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Panetta admits he doesn't know "who the hell" controls the draft

Mastodon - Thu, 2013-01-24 20:29

Article here. Excerpt:

'If the United States had previously allowed women to serve officially in military combat roles, including special operations forces, there might be fewer sexual assaults in the armed services, the Pentagon's top general told reporters Thursday.
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Dempsey appeared to chafe when asked by a reporter about his personal opinions on whether women would affect combat readiness: "I graduated from West Point in 1974. It was an all-male institution. I went back to teach at West Point in 1984 and found the place far better than it was when I had been a cadet... I attributed a good amount of that to the fact that we opened up the academy to women."
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Both men conceded that they didn't know if this move means that women will have to register for the draft with Selective Service, as young men are required to do. "That's not our operation," Panetta said, stumbling over his words, then adding, "I don't know who the hell controls Selective Service, to tell the truth."'

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Embarrassing

Matt - Fri, 2013-01-25 04:09

Egad. Amazing. He could have just Googled "Selective Service System" before the press conf. and gotten this: http://www.sss.gov/

I mean, really.

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