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Charles J. Dunlap Jr.

Charles J. Dunlap Jr. is Executive Director of the Center on Law, Ethics, and National Security at Duke University and a retired major general in the U.S. Air Force. 

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Selective conscientious objection is not just an idea whose time has not yet come; it is one that those who value democratic principles and human rights should hope never comes. The central flaw in...
Charles J. Dunlap Jr.

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