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Become a Patron! March 2003 – Hard to imagine, it was seventeen years ago this March that the United States and a “coalition of the willing” consisting of the U.S., the UK, Australia and Poland invaded Iraq and toppled the regime of Saddam Hussein. Seventeen years later and that region...
Become a Patron! News for this week, ending on January 7th in 1950 had as much to do with Foreign Policy as it did with Capitol Hill. At the beginning of the week, a bombshell was dropped from London in the form of Britain’s official recognition of Red China. It...
Become a Patron! January 6, 2003 – probably not an earth shattering day, by all accounts. But one which would have ramifications in the not-too-distant future. On Capitol Hill, Democrats were getting ready to unveil a new Tax proposal in an attempt to rev up the national economy, and doing...
A little is worth a whole lot: Become a Patron! Secretary of State Dean Rusk, giving a news conference on January 4, 1968. Giving a detailed break down of the previous years events involving the State Department, Rusk discusses our ever-expanding role in Vietnam as well as developments in Southeast...
It makes all the difference in the world: Become a Patron! January 3, 1936 – Opening day of the 74th Congress. The long, sometimes laborious ritual, but significant as it marked one of the first times a broadcast, live from Capitol Hill and from Congress took place. This was one...
Easy as saying “yes” and with none of the guilt: Become a Patron! December 27,1994 – An uneasy day in the world. With the holding of a U.S. pilot, his helicopter downed over North Korea, a diplomatic game of Chess was underway. North Korea upped the ante by proving photos...
Become a Patron! With Europe slowly rebuilding from the ravages of War, and the holidays offering a respite from the plague of shortages and loss, this report, part of the weekly series London Letter, narrated by columnist and writer John Connell, gives some picture of life in Europe, and especially...
Become a Patron! President Eisenhower delivered his Christmas Eve message, on December 24, 1953 with a feeling of gratitude. Gratitude that the War in Korea had finally come to an end, and that the word was at peace for the first time since Christmas 1949. President Eisenhower: For us, this...
Become a Patron! December 23, 1998 – The Arctic Express of 1998 – a frigid blast of cold swept through much of the U.S., causing the usual havoc, but raising more than the usual eyebrows. Temperatures in places such as Winston-Salem North Carolina woke up to temperatures only the day...
Become a Patron! December 20, 1996 – Carl Sagan; the Science and Astronomy Popularizer, who hosted the PBS series Cosmos, died this day. Sagan is best known as a science popularizer and communicator. His best known scientific contribution is research on extraterrestrial life, including experimental demonstration of the production of...
