President Eisenhower named the presidential retreat Camp David after his grandson. President Franklin Roosevelt previously had called it the “USS Shangri La.”
Source: WhiteHouse.gov
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July 30, 2009
Air Force One, the call sign of any Air Force aircraft in which the president flies, is in practice used to refer to one of two Boeing 747-200B series aircraft, which have been customized.
Source: WhiteHouse.gov
July 29, 2009
The president’s aircraft, Air Force One, has a doctor on board at all times and has a medical suite that can function as an operating room.
Source: WhiteHouse.gov
FactCheck Mailbag, Week of July 21-July 27
This week, readers sent us comments on social networking, health care and birth-certificate doubters.
In the FactCheck Mailbag we feature some of the e-mail we receive. Readers can send comments to editor@factcheck.org. Letters may be edited for length.
July 28, 2009
Residential property burglaries accounted for 67.9 percent of all burglary offenses in 2007 in the U.S.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program
July 27, 2009
There were an estimated 2,179,140 burglaries in the United States in 2007.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program
July 26, 2009
Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the minimum wage was originally 25 cents per hour on Oct. 24, 1938.
Source: Department of Labor
July 25, 2009
As of July 24, the federal minimum wage in the United States is $7.25 per hour.
Source: Department of Labor
July 24, 2009
On today’s date in 1897, aviator Amelia Earhart was born in Atchison, Kansas.
Source: Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum
July 23, 2009
There are about 10,000 bird species in the world.
Source: National Geographic