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Various deferments for educational and other reasons were provided for, as well as exemptions that were subject to some abuse. Opposition to operations of the Selective Service System was a central feature of the movement against the Vietnam War. With Congress and the public increasingly critical, the draft law was renewed for only two years in 1971. Meanwhile, President [[Richard M. Nixon]] in 1969 restored the system of selection by lottery. At the end of the Vietnam War in January 1973, Nixon suspended the draft entirely and reverted to the all-volunteer forces of pre-1940 America.
Various deferments for educational and other reasons were provided for, as well as exemptions that were subject to some abuse. Opposition to operations of the Selective Service System was a central feature of the movement against the Vietnam War. With Congress and the public increasingly critical, the draft law was renewed for only two years in 1971. Meanwhile, President [[Richard M. Nixon]] in 1969 restored the system of selection by lottery. At the end of the Vietnam War in January 1973, Nixon suspended the draft entirely and reverted to the all-volunteer forces of pre-1940 America.
==Current status==
The draft is suspended, but men (not women) must register at age 18. It can be reinstated at any time, as has been suggested by Congressman [[Charles Rangel]] and others.
see [[Selective Service System]]
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