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I recently heard KSL Radio personality Doug Wright argue that the time has come for 18-year-old women to register for the draft.

If our country is that desperate, rather than draft women, let's expand the male draft age to say, 69, so older flag wavers like Doug, who missed out on their first chance to serve, will have a second opportunity to prove they are the patriots they believe themselves to be.

Tom Means

Provo