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COOPER: Got another question -- this one’s relatively short -- from a Tony Fuller. Let’s listen. QUESTION: My name is Tony Fuller from Wilson, Ohio, and I was wondering if the candidates feel women should register for the draft when they turn 18. Why or why not? COOPER: Should women register for selective service when they turn 18 like men do currently? Senator Dodd? DODD: Well, yes, I think they should, in a sense. I’m opposed to a draft, but I think if you’re going to have registration, it ought to be across lines so you don’t just ask one gender to do the -- have the responsibility. So in my view that would be the fair thing to do.I happen to believe, by the way, Anderson,

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and taking the question here a bit further, and it’s a good question that Tony has raised, I’m an advocate of universal nation service, not by mandating it, but one of the things I’m missing in our country is the shared experience.I served in the National Guard, I served in the reserves, I served in the Peace Corps in Latin America back in the ’60s here. I want to see every American given the opportunity to serve their country in some way.I think we need to do more of that in the United States today. Elections ought to be more than just about a series of issues, but the shared experiences of service.It’s so important that every American have that opportunity. It’s something I

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strongly advocate and would advocate as president. COOPER: Senator Clinton, do you think women should register for Selective Service? CLINTON: I do. I don’t support a draft. I think our all- volunteer military has performed superbly. But we’ve had women die in Iraq. We’ve had combat deaths of women in Iraq and Afghanistan. And I do think that women should register. I doubt very much that we’ll ever have to go back to a draft. But I think it is fair to call upon every young American.And I agree completely with Chris. We’ve got to look for more ways for universal national service. I’ve introduced legislation for a public service academy that would be patterned on great institu

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tions like The Citadel and our military academies. Because we’ve got to get young people back into public service.And the other night we had a provision in our bill that we passed to have people who go into public service have their student loans deferred and even forgiven.We need to do more to support public service. COOPER: Senator Obama, should women register for Selective Service? OBAMA: You know, a while back we had a celebration in the Capitol for the Tuskegee Airmen, and it was extraordinarily powerful because it reminded us, there was a time when African-Americans weren’t allowed to serve in combat.And yet, when they did, not only did they perform brilliantly, but what al

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so happened is they helped to change America, and they helped to underscore that we’re equal.And I think that if women are registered for service -- not necessarily in combat roles, and I don’t agree with the draft -- I think it will help to send a message to my two daughters that they’ve got obligations to this great country as well as boys do. EDWARDS: Anyone who has any question about whether women can serve this country honorably in the military should meet Sally Bardon (ph), who’s sitting with my wife Elizabeth down there. She flew fighter jets, F-16s, into the first 15 minutes of the war in Iraq. Flew over Baghdad.She put her life at risk, at the very beginning of the war

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. Anybody who has any questions about whether women can serve courageously and honorably, need to meet women like Sally Bardon COOPER: Senator Gravel? GRAVEL: Well, of course I want to take credit and admit that I’m the guy that filibustered for five months, all by myself, in the Senate to end the draft in the United States of America.And I’m very proud of that because George Bush does not have the boots on the ground to invade Iran. COOPER: Thank you. Do you think -- should women register? GRAVEL: Of course women should be going -- go into the draft if we’re going to have a draft. They should register also. What’s the difference?

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