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U.S. President History

1937 - The U.S. Senate rejected President Roosevelt's proposal to add more justices to the Supreme Court.

1955 - U.S. Vice-President Richard M. Nixon chaired a cabinet meeting in Washington, DC. It was the first time that a Vice-President had carried out the task.

1965 - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson authorized a total of 44 U.S. battalions to be committed to South Vietnam.

1971 - The North Vietnamese announced that they viewed U.S. President Nixon's planned visit to China as an attempt to drive a wedge between Hanoi and Beijing.


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U.S. President Quotes

"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.