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    Vietnam Thirty Years Later

    Apr 29, 2005 04:00 AM EST

    ... no shortage of reminders this weekend about the brutality of what they call the American War. But there is today a marked ambivalence about the U.S. That's on clear display in the Noodle 2000 Restaurant, where Bill Clinton ate in 2000 when he became the first U.S ...

  • What’s behind recent Taliban attacks in Afghanistan?

    What’s behind recent Taliban attacks in Afghanistan?

    Jan 28, 2018 10:15 PM EST

    ... twice as long as the Russians were in Afghanistan, for that matter we've been there about twice as long as our main operations in Vietnam. This is a long time, 2001, and 9/11 was over 16 years ago. HARI SREENIVASAN: Is there any strategy that the U.S ...

  • Will the haunting image of an injured Syrian boy make a difference?

    Will the haunting image of an injured Syrian boy make a difference?

    Aug 18, 2016 11:50 PM EST

    ... that's a mixed bag. We can certainly think of examples in history like the famous picture of the girl burned by napalm by the U.S. military in Vietnam, that arguably changed public opinion and maybe moved policy ultimately. I think, on the other hand, many images go viral ...

  • AP fact check: Trump’s statements on the economy, veterans’ health care

    AP fact check: Trump’s statements on the economy, veterans’ health care

    Nov 13, 2017 08:38 PM EST

    ... percent tariff on most imported vehicles — 25 percent on pickup trucks. That imbalance — or lack of reciprocity — favors the U.S. It’s true U.S. vehicle sales in Japan pale in comparison with Japanese sales in the U.S. Detroit has long complained about regulations that stop U.S ...

  • U.S. to ban Americans from traveling to North Korea, officials report

    U.S. to ban Americans from traveling to North Korea, officials report

    Jul 21, 2017 02:02 PM EST

    ... be unsafe. Since 1967, such bans have been imposed intermittently on countries such as Algeria, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Sudan, Cuba and North Vietnam. But the U.S. doesn't currently prohibit its passports from being used to travel to any countries, even though financial restrictions limit U.S. travel to ...

  • Pentagon restores some webpages honoring minority service members but defends DEI purge

    Pentagon restores some webpages honoring minority service members but defends DEI purge

    Mar 18, 2025 06:15 PM EST

    ... in 1970 by then-President Richard Nixon, becoming the highest-ranking Black service member to receive the country’s greatest military honor. He was wounded three times while serving in Vietnam. Rogers joined the U.S. Army in 1951, six months before the racial desegregation of the U.S. military.

  • WATCH: State Department holds news briefing follow reports House GOP subpoena Blinken

    WATCH: State Department holds news briefing follow reports House GOP subpoena Blinken

    Mar 28, 2023 05:28 PM EST

    ... us that we preserve the integrity of that process and of that channel.” Since the Dissent Channel was created in 1971, in part to address U.S. diplomats’ concerns over the Vietnam War, the State Department has held communications closely. Nearly all such cables are classified to protect the integrity ...

  • In memory of 5 wonderful people lost to COVID-19 in the US

    In memory of 5 wonderful people lost to COVID-19 in the US

    May 21, 2021 10:30 PM EST

    ... Above all, retired Lieutenant Colonel John Sloan (ph) aspired to a career in service, his brother said. It was why the former munitions officer and Vietnam veteran joined the U.S. Air Force, and stayed for more than two decades. It was also why John, when he retired from the ...

  • The long, unfortunate history of friendly fire accidents in U.S. conflicts

    The long, unfortunate history of friendly fire accidents in U.S. conflicts

    Jun 11, 2014 11:25 AM EST

    ... II, Army Lt. Gen. Lesley McNair died when an errant Allied bomb struck his position as the Allies struggled to break out from Normandy. In Vietnam, helicopter gunships killed U.S. troops on Hamburger Hill. Today, the basic challenge remains the same: distinguishing between friend and foe. Better training and ...

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