U.S. President History
1998 - U.S. President Clinton was subpoenaed to appear before a federal grand jury regarding the Monica Lewinsky case. The subpoena was withdrawn when Clinton agreed to give videotaped testimony with his lawyers present.
2000 - U.S. President Clinton announced that the leaders of Israel and the Palestinians had been unable to reach an agreement "at this time." The two groups had been talking at Camp David, MD, for two weeks.
2003 - U.S. President George W. Bush ordered U.S. troops into position off the coast of Liberia. The move was to support the arrival of a West African peacekeeping force.
| "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. |