Good luck to Peter DeFazio on his attempt to abolish the Selective Service System and “put it on ‘deep standby’ status.”
DeFazio recently announced his plans to reintroduce legislation to do just that when Congress convenes this month.
He reports that the SSS is planning to conduct a “readiness exercise” by 2009, which essentially means it will run a mock draft. He plans to offer an amendment in the 2008 appropriations process to prohibit the…