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... presidency, number three. DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN: Haynes is absolutely right. I mean, in some ways Fulbright's power as the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee came from those televised hearings on Vietnam. Of course, Johnson didn't like that and used to called Fulbright half bright as a ...
KENNETH WALSH: He tried to ingratiate himself with the media. TERENCE SMITH: Kenneth Walsh, White House correspondent for U.S. News and World Report, wrote the book Feeding the Beast, about the relationship between presidents and the press. KENNETH WALSH: Largely because of Watergate, and Vietnam and the Clinton impeachment ...
Graham, elected to the Senate in 2002 after serving in the House, long promoted a policy of robust U.S. military interventionism and strong national defense that in later years would put him at odds with the growing isolationist wing of his party. Over time, Graham became well-known for ...
... spouse whose professional credentials rivaled his. In the years since, that partnership helped the Clintons weather repeated scandals, including those so personal that many other relationships would have shattered. When his political career was ending, hers was ascending when she was elected to the U.S. Senate from New York ...
... continues to be the cornerstone of that relationship." He said the cooperation has deepened since Hegseth's March visit to Manila, including joint exercises and U.S. support in modernizing the Philippines' armed forces. Marcos thanked the U.S. for support "that we need in the face of the threats ...
... European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told reporters in Brussels on Sunday. Maroš Šefčovič, the EU's trade representative in its talks with the U.S., said negotiations would continue Monday. "I'm absolutely 100% sure that a negotiated solution is much better than the tension which we might ...
... Paris, they fled again — across the Pyrenees into Spain, and on to the United States. Marcel became an American citizen and later served as a U.S. Army GI in occupied Japan. But it was his father’s towering legacy that shaped his early path. “I was born under the ...
... both Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer are “known to be pro-Japan and professionally talented” and that he hopes to build a relationship of trust with them. “I believe we can have good talks toward a win-win relationship that will serve national interest for both Japan ...
... suggested that its tariffs had isolated China as the U.S. engaged in talks with other countries. But China is also seeking to build tighter relationships in Asia with nations stung by Trump's tariffs. China’s leader, Xi Jinping, on Monday met in Hanoi with Vietnam's Communist Party ...
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