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Cammermeyer—who won the Bronze Star for Meritorious Service in Vietnam—was discharged from the National Guard in 1992 after acknowledging in 1989 that she was a lesbian, but was reinstated in 1994 after successfully challenging her discharge in Federal Court.
As he held the document that would effectively make George Bush the acting President of the U.S., Ronald Reagan turned to his wife Nancy and quipped from his hospital bed Saturday morning, "This doesn't mean you can become George's [First] Lady." Despite the levity, the President was aware...
The 25th Amendment, which provides a model for presidential succession, was ratified in 1967. But Section 3 of the amendment, providing for transfer of power in the case of presidential disability, has never been used, even following the 1981 shooting, when Reagan was incapacitated for some five hours. The amendment...
The letter went on to say that "consistent with my longstanding arrangement with Vice President George Bush, and not intending to set a precedent," Bush was authorized to discharge the powers of the presidency while Reagan was under anesthesia. Saturday evening, after Reagan was once again alert, he signed a...
This means that all the President's doctors can do is watch their patient carefully and hope to catch any recurrence in its earliest stages. Doctors have recommended that six months after the President's discharge from the hospital he should undergo another colonoscopy, a visual examination of the colon...