claim: on requiring young people to perform national service.
author: beto o'rourke
evidence_1: nov 10, 2017 ... washington, d.c. -- almost half (49%) of americans favor requiring young  men and women to give a year of service to the nation.
evidence_2: jun 27, 2018 ... the new national service will cover all 16-year-olds, girls as well as ... which the  government says will "enable young people to create new ... opt to carry out  volunteer work linked to heritage, the environment or social care.
evidence_3: armenia, 18-27 years of age for voluntary or compulsory military service; 2-year  ... requirement at age 17, the legal minimum age for voluntary military service; 18  is ... of boys as young as 14; 15-19 years of age for voluntary premilitary service,  ..... are required to complete compulsory service for 1 year (military or civil); men ...
evidence_4: jun 26, 2013 ... the push for "national service," or compelling young people to spend a ... "to  make universal national service a new american rite of passage. ... were i in  charge there, i would certainly retain the "service hours" requirement.
evidence_5: dec 14, 2012 ... he adds one reason offices do not fly the israeli flag, except at the consulate ...  after their military service, many of these young people go on to ...