Senator Hagel Calls for Military Draft

Concerned with "deteriorating security" in Iraq, Senator Chuck Hagel has proposed reinstituting the military draft. The Nebraska senator said that he believes restoring the draft would compel "our citizens to understand the intensity and depth of challenges we face."

"All of our citizens" should "pay some price" for US operations in Iraq, he said. The senator, when questioned about the feasibility of a draft, said that he had been misunderstood by the media and did not actually call for a draft. "I merely asked that our citizens pay the proper price," Senator Hagel said. He then gave reporters his home address and said that Americans can "pay the price" directly to him in the form of cash or check. "I am not accepting credit or CODs at this time," the senator said.