Posted on 04/14/2004 7:53:22 PM PDT by 68skylark
Edited on 05/07/2004 10:06:25 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Gen. Peter Schoomaker, chief of the staff of the Army for nine months, met April 6 at the Pentagon with reporters and editors from Army Times Publishing Company. Here is a transcript of that 90-minute interview. The contents have been edited for clarity.
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There are some kook conspiracy theories out there about a return to the draft coming soon. It's a ridiculous rumor, mainly planted by liberals in the hope of scaring young people into voting left. Gen. Schoomaker points out the obvious -- that we have ways to grow the volunteer force as big as we need it to be. Hopefully some of the more crazy rumors can be put to rest.
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