Anyone born since the Sixties tends to associate the draft with that war and that decade, but it’s easy to forget that it was reinstated in the Eighties, by Carter, and that a mandatory sign-up remains in effect: If you’re over 18 and a man, you’re probably on file whether you know it or not.
In death, as in life, former President Jimmy Carter can’t seem to get a fair shake ... LBJ, aided by Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, willfully concealed the true costs of the Vietnam War for political reasons. Nixon literally threatened Federal ...
On his first day in office, Carter issued an executive order pardoning more than 200,000 men who evaded the Vietnam draft.
The solemn dignity of the nation's farewell to former President Jimmy Carter and the blustery antics accompanying former President Donald Trump's impending return to the White House. Two men couldn't be more different than Carter and Trump.
As Donald Trump places his hand atop the Bible, I'll be reading Martin Luther King Jr.'s historic "Letter from a Birmingham Jail."
On his first day in office, Carter issued an executive order pardoning more than 200,000 men who evaded the Vietnam draft.