Chicago hearing on compulsory military service for cyber/IT/STEM workers

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: "Edward Hasbrouck" <edward () hasbrouck org>
> Date: June 21, 2018 at 15:34:45 GMT+9
> To: dave () farber net
> Subject: (for IP?) Chicago hearing on compulsory military service for cyber/IT/STEM workers
>
> The National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service
> will be holding another of its public hearings on the future of the draft, 
> draft registration, and compulsory military service at Kennedy-King 
> Community College in Chicago on Thursday, June 28th, 6:30-8 p.m. 
>
> There's nothing yet about the Chicago hearing on the Commission's Web 
> site, but Commission staff confirmed by phone that the hearing will be at:
>
> Thursday, June 28, 6:30-8 p.m.
> Kennedy-King College
> U Building
> 815 W. 63rd St.
> Chicago, IL
>
> The Commission was appointed by Congress and the President to study 
> whether to extend draft registration to women as well as men, as well as 
> "the feasibility... of modifying the military selective service process in 
> order to obtain for military ... service individuals with skills (such as 
> medical, dental, and nursing skills, language skills, cyber skills, and 
> science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) skills) for which 
> the Nation has a critical need, without regard to age or sex."    
>
> So the Commission needs to hear from people with those skills.
>
> If the Commission follows the pattern of its previous events, the event 
> will begin with presentations by Commission members and invited panelists, 
> followed by an open mike for questions or comments from the audience. 
> Members of the public will be limited to 2 minutes per speaker, and called 
> on by show of hands -- there has been no advance sign-up to testify.
>
> More about the Commission and links to additional info and resources:
>
> http://resisters.info/commission.html
>
> Peace,
>
> Edward Hasbrouck
>
> --------------------
> Draft Registration and Draft Resistance:
> http://www.resisters.info
>
> Health Care Workers and the Draft:
> http://www.MedicalDraft.info
>
> Edward Hasbrouck
> edward () hasbrouck org
> http://hasbrouck.org
> +1-415-824-0214



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