WASHINGTON -- During the Vietnam War, a youthful Bill Clinton denounced the draft and avoided military service. Now, in the waning days of his presidency, he will become the first U.S. president to visit Communist Vietnam since the end of a war that divided America.U.S. Newspapers...
Presidential candidate and war veteran Pete Buttigieg went after President Donald Trump over his medical deferment during the Vietnam War. "I don't have a problem standing up to somebody who was, you know, working on season seven of 'Celebrity Apprentice' when I was packing my bags for ...
Congress, the President and the Power to Declare War: A Requiem for VietnamCongressPresidentWar PowerwarSeveral arguments have been advanced in support of the President's authority to continue use of the Armed Forces in Vietnam without a congressional declarationSocial Science Electronic Publishing...
President Donald Trump’s tour of the Middle East was aimed at bolstering business ties with wealthy Arab nations, places where his family also has significant financial interests. May 16, 2025 at 8:21 PM Vietnam approves Trump Organization's $1.5 billion golf, real estate project ...
Vietnam Parliament to Appoint New President This Week - Sources More Reuters FILE PHOTO: Deputy Standing Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Vo Van Thuong is seen at the National Convention Center to attend the Closing Ceremony of the Vietnam's Communist Party 12th Congres...
Carter delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in January 1978. "Government cannot solve our problems," he said. Anti-government sentiment at the time was brought on by economic pessimism along with the end of the Vietnam War and the unraveling of the Watergat...
Today, America can regain the sense of pride that existed before Vietnam. But it cannot be achieved by refighting a war that is finished as far as America is concerned. As I see it, the time has come to look forward to an agenda for the future, to unify, to bind up the Nation's...
The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments in a years-long legal battle over an FBI raid on the wrong Atlanta house Associated PressApril 27, 2025 The Vietnam War Produced Classic Hollywood Films — and Hardly Any Classic Female Roles The Vietnam War produced so...
s Wharton School of Finance and Commerce, graduating in May 1968 with a B.S. in economics. While in college, Trump obtained four student draft deferments during the Vietnam War. In 1971, he was reclassified 4-F by his local draft board due to bone spurs, permanently disqualifying him ...
John Kerry did not have to think all that hard about joining the military and going to Vietnam. He had doubts about the wisdom of U.S. intervention in Vietnam, which was rapidly escalating during 1965-66, his senior year at Yale. But Yale leaders were expected to serve, as the sc...