A top Pentagon official reiterated the Bush administration's position today that it does not support a draft and sees no merit in replacing volunteers with conscripts. At a House Armed Services Committee hearing, Rep. Curt Weldon (R-PA) said he has seen media reports and e-mails that claim there is a "secret" effort to bring back the draft. Noting that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has already dismissed the idea, Weldon asked David Chu, the under secretary of defense for personnel and...
