President Military Crisis

  • Eisenhower

    Troops to Little Rock
    Sent in order to provide safety to students
  • Kennedy

    Troops to Vietnam
    to assist the pro Western government of South Vietnam
  • Johnson

    Troops to Vietnam
    to prevent invasion of the Vietnamese
  • Nixon/Ford

    Troops to North Vietnam
    sanctuary for North Vietnam
  • Carter

    Troops to Afghanistan
    Reactions to Soviet Invasion
  • Reagan

    Troops to Honduras
    President Reagan charged that the Sandinista were pawns of the Soviet Union
  • H.W. Bush

    Troops to Somalia
    rival warlords were preventing the distribution of humanitarian aid to thousands of starving Somalis
  • Clinton

    Troops to Haiti
    to restore a democratic government to Haiti.
  • Bush

    Troops to Afghanistan
    9/11
  • Obama

    Troops to Afghanistan
    increase aid to Pakistan, and set strict standards