BACKGROUND NOISE: Essentially all neurosurgeons are spine surgeons. Our initiation into spine surgery begins at the very start of our residency, is at the very core of what we do throughout training, and remains the most common thing we do through our careers. It's been like that for most of a century.
When President Carter granted amnesty to draft evaders he was using his judicial power.
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, July 2, 2012) -- When newly elected President Richard M. Nixon requested the Department of Defense eliminate the draft and create an all-volunteer force, Army leaders knew there would be some hurdles.