SELECTIVE SERVICE EYES WOMEN'S DRAFT THE PROPOSAL WOULD ALSO REQUIRE REGISTRATION OF CRITICAL SKILLS.(News) From: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) | Date: May 1, 2004| Author: Rosenberg, Eric | COPYRIGHT 2004 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: ERIC ROSENBERG P-I Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON -- The chief of the Selective Service System has proposed registering women for the military draft and requiring that young Americans regularly inform the government about whether they have training in niche specialties needed in the armed services.

The proposal, which the agency's acting Director Lewis Brodsky presented to senior Pentagon officials just before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, also seeks ...