In an interview, Barack Obama was asked by George Stephanopoulos of ABC’s “This Week” program whether he’d ever thought about military service and replied: “You know, I actually did. I had to sign up for Selective Service when I graduated from high school” A few moments later, he said, “But keep in mind that I graduated in 1979.”

However, the Selective Service  Registration requirement was terminated by  Proclamation 4360 which eliminated  the registration requirement for all 18-25 year old male citizens. This proclamation was signed by President Gerald R. Ford on March 29, 1975.  According to Wikipedia, it was reestablished by Jimmy Carter in 1980, after Obama graduated:

On March 25, 1975, Pres. Gerald Ford signed Proclamation 4360, Terminating Registration Procedures Under Military Selective Service Act, eliminating the registration requirement for all 18-25 year old male citizens. Then on July 2, 1980, President Jimmy Carter signed Proclamation 4771, Registration Under the Military Selective Service Act, retroactively re-establishing the Selective Service registration requirement for all 18-26 year old male citizens born on or after January 1, 1960. Only men born between March 29, 1957, and December 31, 1959, were completely exempt from Selective Service registration.^[2] The first registrations after Proclamation 4771 took place on Monday, July 21, 1980, for those men born in January, February and March 1960 at U.S. Post Offices. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays were reserved for men born in the later quarters of the year, and registration for men born in 1961 began the following week ^[3].

I know many people are probably focusing on Obama’s “My Muslim Faith” comment during the same interview, but I think this is just as important. Why in the world would he lie about something like this? Everyone at the time knew that young men were no longer required to register.

Even if Obama didn’t know that Ford had signed the proclamation, how could he be remembering being required to sign up, when there was no requirement at all?