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I feel a draft.
And don't blame Charlie Rangel either.
IRS May Help DOD Find Reservists
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
May 18, 2004
FORT WORTH, Texas - The Defense Department, strapped for troops for missions in \plain\f0\fs20\cf0 Iraq and Afghanistan, has proposed to Congress that it tap the Internal Revenue Service to locate out-of-touch reservists.
The unusual measure, which the Pentagon said has been examined by lawyers, would allow the IRS to pass on addresses for tens of thousands of former military members who still face recall into the active duty.
The proposal has largely escaped attention amid all the other crises of government, and it is likely to face opposition from privacy rights activists who see information held by the IRS as inviolate.
For it to become practice, Congress and President Bush would have to approve the proposal, which would involve amending the tax code.
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