Posted on 06/15/2016 2:59:12 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Hillary Clinton supports a measure that would require women to register for the draft.
The former secretary of state told the Huffington Post Wednesday that she is in favor of a legislative amendment that would for the first time compel women to register with the Selective Service System. That legislation passed the Senate Wednesday as part of the National Defense Authorization Act, which cleared the upper chamber on a bipartisan, 85-13 vote.
“I am on record as supporting the all-volunteer military, which I think at this time does serve our country well,” Clinton said. “And I am very committed to supporting and really lifting up the men and women in uniform and their families.”
The amendment requiring women to sign up for the draft was popular among Democrats and some Republicans, including Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), both of whom praised the move. The legislation drew criticism from more conservative senators though: Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) both opposed the amendment and worked to strip it from the defense authorization act.
“The idea that we should forcibly conscript young girls into combat, to my mind, makes little or no sense,” Cruz told POLITICO Pro. “It is at a minimum a radical proposition. I could not vote for a bill that did so, particularly that did so without public debate.”
Did she check which way the wind was blowing first??
She’s been for it ever since dodging sniper fire in Bosnia.
I support registering women for the draft because nothing will be more effective at ending the nonsense of women being equal to men than making women equal to men!
So Charlotte Clinton will be registering in 2033?
Or will she do what her grandaddy did?
LOL!!
oh, this should be good for at least 3 points!!
Trump has to SMASH her on this one.
I can hear him now “Do you young women want to register to go to war!!?? Hillary wants you to!!”
It MIGHT make sense in a country like Israel where it’s 6 million vs. potentially tens of millions.
not here
Good! Let’s see Chelsea and her kids get kicked in the ass by jihadis!
Oh, wait, she’s too fat, too old, too awkward, too fat, too old, too stupid, too...
Especially women that look like men....
Hillary is completely unqualified.
Possibly.
But even if drafted, they could be kept here to do logistics and support roles, to free up guys to do the fighting.
Women took over roles here in wwii so guys could fight. No shame in that.
Always need people back here doing support.
Interesting...
Speaking of dodging, funny how she is all for the draft after she married a Draft Dodger!!
Four words
Look at me and cough
Clinton wants to abandon women soldiers at the next Benghazi.
If they draft some of these “young ladies” against their wishes, image the fury that will shake the little military operation.
So many women though mistakenly believe in Mrs. Bill and always will.
Thanks Uncle Joe.
Chelsea should be the first one to sign up. But of course she would never serve. Few children of politicians ever do.
I hope so. She knows that she will never serve.
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