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Should Congress demand America's youth give a year of service to their country?

  • Written by Amy Rutenberg, Assistant Professor of History, Iowa State University
Teenage recruits at the experimental Universal Military Training camp at Fort Knox in 1947Keystone Features/Getty Images

What does it mean to serve the United States, and who should be required to do so?

On March 25, 2020, after three years of investigation, the National Commission for Military, National, and Public Serviceis expected to make its...

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