Includes Clinton Impeachment Weekly Perspective, Nov 7 - Nov 13

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Issue 87 November 7 - November 13 Army drafts Elvis Soviets invade Afghanistan Clinton impeached Elvis drafted, Dec. 20, 1957 On Dec. 20, 1957, a draft board told Elvis Presley to report for duty in the U.S. Army. An article in the following day’s San Mateo Times of San Mateo, Calif., reported the mixed feelings about the singer’s summons to service. “Elvis Presley reports Jan. 20 for induction into the Army – unless Hollywood manages to have it put off eight weeks. “Draft board greetings for the 22-year-old rock ‘n’ roll idol arrived yesterday. He accepted it with far more calm than did his manager or Paramount Pictures.” Read more about the King’s military career Pretty girls and haircuts were how Elvis spent his final days before Army induction, according to a March 24, 1958, article in The Salt Lake Tribune of Salt Lake City, Utah. Presley bids adieu to freedom An article in the March 1, 1960, Mansfield News-Journal of Mansfield, Ohio, covered the press conference Presley gave when his service was complete. Elvis to be discharged USSR occupies Afghanistan, Dec. 24, 1979 This week in 1979, Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan. Intended to prop up a Soviet-backed government, the occupation lasted more than nine years. A United Press International article in the Dec. 31, 1979, issue of The Galveston Daily News of Galveston, Texas, considered the geopolitical significance of the Soviet move. “Russian troops Sunday guarded the runways of Kabul’s airport, openly patrolled the capital’s streets and fanned out to three other major cities in the biggest deployment of Soviet troops abroad since the invasion of Czechoslovakia. “In Moscow, the Kremlin pledged Sunday night to recall its ‘limited military contingent’ troops after the completion of their mission.” Read more about the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan On Jan. 5, 1980, The Hutchinson News of Hutchinson, Kansas, devoted its front page to the U.S. grain embargo that followed the invasion. Carter resorts to food weapon A New York Times News Service article in the Dec. 22, 1979, Wisconsin State Journal of Madison, Wis., detailed the deployments that preceded invasion. Soviets massing troops President Clinton impeached, Dec. 19, 1998 On Dec. 19, 1998, Bill Clinton became the second U.S. president to be impeached. An article in the next day’s Winnipeg Free Press of Winnipeg, Manitoba, reported on the accompanying political fallout. “President Bill Clinton, his presidency now balanced along a knife’s edge, said yesterday he will stay in office until the end of his term despite his impeachment by the House of Representatives. “Clinton sought to underscore his legitimacy after the House approved two articles of impeachment – or charges – against him for perjury and obstruction of justice in attempts to conceal his relationship with Monica Lewinsky.” Read more about Clinton’s impeachment saga A Dec. 21, 1998, article in The Ottawa Herald of Ottawa, Kansas, discussed a proposal to circumvent a Senate trial. Ex-presidents push for Clinton censure A Feb. 13, 1999, article in The Daily Herald of Tyrone, Penn., recounted Clinton’s acquittal by the Senate on both charges. President Acquitted