U.S. President History
1863 - U.S. President Lincoln declared that the last Thursday of November would be recognized as Thanksgiving Day.
1942 - The Office of Economic Stabilization was established by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He also authorized controls on rents, wages, salaries and farm prices.
1997 - U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno said she had found no evidence that U.S. President Clinton had broken the law with White House coffees and overnight stays for big contributors.
| "If this bill were presented to me, I would veto it. America's all-volunteer military is the best in the world, and reinstating the draft would be bad policy. (October 7, 2004)" - U.S. President George W. Bush commending the U.S. House of Representatives for rejecting a "Reinstate the Draft" bill. |