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Voices
of Child Soldiers:
The Road to Recovery
Around the
world 300,000 children participate in wars. Those who survive face many difficulties.
Mary Westring shares stories and photos from her recent visit to a rehabilitation
camp in northern Uganda.
The federal draft registration requirement has been accompanied by a variety of state laws punishing nonregistrants. To date, some 36 states have such policies.
Working
to End Draft Registration and its Penalties
In 1980, peacetime registration for the draft was reinstated in the United
States. Tens of thousands of young people have been affected by draft registration
and related laws as efforts are underway in Congress to put an end to the
registration requirement.
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