• 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 ...

  • News Wrap:  California dreaming? Bernie Sanders stumps for upset win in Golden State

    News Wrap: California dreaming? Bernie Sanders stumps for upset win in Golden State

    May 25, 2016 12:08 AM EDT

    ... his campaign funding later in this program. HARI SREENIVASAN: In the day's other news, President Obama made a show of support for dissidents in Vietnam after formally ending a U.S. arms embargo. It came on his second day in Hanoi. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: There are still areas of ...

  • Shields and Brooks on impeachment hearing revelations, Democratic debate takeaways

    Shields and Brooks on impeachment hearing revelations, Democratic debate takeaways

    Nov 22, 2019 11:40 PM EDT

    ... torture, accepting torture by Americans were John McCain, Colin Powell, General Joe Hoar, the Marine general, Pete Peterson, a prisoner of war and ambassador to Vietnam. They understood that what separates us from the other side, from our enemies, is who we are and what we stand for and what ...

  • U.S. deployed 2 warships after Chinese ships collided with smaller Philippine vessel

    U.S. deployed 2 warships after Chinese ships collided with smaller Philippine vessel

    Aug 13, 2025 06:03 PM EDT

    ... miles (55 kilometers) from the Scarborough Shoal. There were no reports of any untoward incident, Philippine coast guard Commodore Jay Tarriela said, citing information from U.S. officials and a Philippine surveillance flight. The U.S. Navy has staged what it calls freedom-of-navigation voyages and overflights in the ...

  • Trump claims countries are 'cheating' the U.S. on trade. What does that mean?

    Trump claims countries are 'cheating' the U.S. on trade. What does that mean?

    Apr 10, 2025 06:31 PM EDT

    ... S. goods are too high, or they are manipulating their currency values, or they are dumping, or they are using clandestine internal tax systems and regulations to disadvantage U.S. exports," Jones said, "he could document these practices and use U.S. trade laws to justify administrative trade restrictions to ...

  • Biden pauses solar panel tariffs to jumpstart installations, U.S. companies weigh challenge

    Biden pauses solar panel tariffs to jumpstart installations, U.S. companies weigh challenge

    Jun 07, 2022 09:26 PM EDT

    “That is unprecedented, it is bad law and it is extremely bad, short-sighted policy, because it only makes us more dependent on Chinese-owned solar companies," Brightbill said. The U.S. industry contends that China has essentially moved operations to four Southeast Asian countries — Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and ...