Commander-in-Chief Carter issues Proclamation 4483, pardoning all ten-thousand Vietnamese-American War draft resisters, implying that their resistance to the war was illegal, rather than announce that all charges against them have been dropped.
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Authority:
Article II, Section, 2 [Clause 2]
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References:
Stanley A. Karnow, Vietnam: A History, (1983; New York: Penguin, 1997), 701.
americanpresidency.org: Proclamation of Pardon Proclamation 4483. – January 21, 1977
www.presidency.ucsb.edu/site/docs/pppusyear.php?yearindex=1977
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