This Man Wants You!

Of all the members of Congress and Senators who voted last fall to allow George Bush to use force against Iraq, only one had a child serving in the enlisted ranks of the military. Would Congress and the American public be so eager to wage war if everyone's son and daughter might be called to fight? Charles Rangel, the veteran Democratic Congressman from New York, doesn't think so. Complaining that the military's all-volunteer force has left the risks of combat largely to minorities and the poor, who are more likely to join the military for a better job, Rangel has joined...

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