... than any other country except Israel and Vietnam,most of the $57 billion has been spent on weapons purchased from American defense contractors and the U.S. military.* Besides helping U.S. industry, what does that money buy us? According to this 2009 cable from the U.S. embassy in ...
... saw the crowd begin to mount and probably feared that some of the more active leaders would get word of my visit and descend upon us. By this time, the dawn was upon us. The light began to -- the sun began to -- the first rays of the sun began to ...
... the president of Goucher College -- and to presidential historian Michael Beschloss. Welcome to both of you. MICHAEL BESCHLOSS, presidential historian: Thanks. JEFFREY BROWN: Michael, take us back to that moment in 1971. How would you describe the immediate impact of the Papers, particularly on the politics of the Vietnam War ...
... down from power and leave. He also said the U.S. is joining an international rescue effort and is ready to do more, if necessary. U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: I have therefore approved the use of U.S. military aircraft to help move Egyptians who have fled to the ...
U.S. policy-makers are also struggling with China's more assertive role. The U.S. has been trying for years to get the Chinese government to stop undervaluing its currency, the renminbi, to make Chinese exports artificially cheap. President Obama raised the issue again today in Iowa. U.S ...
... I was going to do everything I could to prevent bureaucracy or to prevent new layers of bureaucracy or people who didn't understand the relationship between state and local governments and FEMA to get in the way of doing what we needed to get done. So, yes, I was ...
... not just for him but for the Democratic Party for all time. And I think, and he did it anyway. But at the same time, Vietnam, Johnson agonized over Vietnam, predicted that he was going to have trouble, feared that he would lose but did it anyway because he was ...
The president said in a prime-time speech Tuesday marking the first anniversary of the handover of authority from the U.S. occupation to Iraqis, "The work in Iraq is difficult and dangerous," "We have more work to do and there will be tough moments that test America's resolve ...
Former Vice President Walter Mondale draws from his own experience as the 1984 Democratic presidential candidate to discuss the significance of presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry's acceptance speech.
Following his speech to the convention, former President Carter talked with Jim Lehrer about the state of the Democratic Party and President Bush's foreign policy performance.
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