The Democratic Governor of Oregon, Ted Kulongoski, and the Olympic Institute for Leadership Development have separately called for a mandatory program requiring two years of national service. The governor, in an interview run on 10 May 2007 in the Oregonian called for a change in how the military recruits its membership.

For example, he comes about as close [as] you can to advocating a return to the draft. The all-volunteer military is becoming obsolete, he suggests, and says a mandatory two years of national service is the answer.

"If the military is an optional part of national service, that's fine." [Kulongoski said.]

In a related blog posting, [National Service Draft] Brian M. Douglass, president and CEO of the Olympic Institute for Leadership Development, outlines his support for such a program and describes in some detail how it might be developed.

Bravo for this understanding of the opportunities for national service and the practical exploration of how it might be unrolled. The issue continues to come up across the country. Tell your friends and encourage them to sign the Everyone Serves petition to show that support.