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Weather Forecast For Vilnius: Blustery With Occasional Posturing – April 1, 1990

Click on the link here for Audio Player: News for April 1, 1990 With the runaway train of break-away republics from the soon-to-be-former Soviet Union on this April 1st in 1990, the former Soviet Republic of Lithuania was the next…

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April 1, 2013

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Cold War Tinderbox – March 19, 1948

Click on the link here for Audio Player: News for March 19, 1948 Characterized as a tinderbox by the State Department, Turkey, Italy, Greece and the Balkan region were hot in the grips of rioting on this March 19th in…

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March 19, 2013

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East Berlin And Other Frying Pans – March 13, 1961

Click on the link here for Audio Player: News for March 13, 1961 The Cold War climate was getting stirred up, this March 13th in 1961. News that West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt left a meeting with President Kennedy saying…

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March 13, 2013
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March 12, 1948 – The Bier In Prague: Questions Over Masaryk – The Carping On Capitol Hill

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March 12, 2013

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March 11, 1966 – Confrontation On Capitol Hill – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearings On Southeast Asia.

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March 11, 2013
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File Under: Best Bib And Tucker – March 8, 1947

Click on the link here for Audio Player: News for March 8, 1947 As a more-or-less companion to my post yesterday, which featured news from March 7th as presented by Radio Moscow, here is the U.S. take on the Foreign…

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March 8, 2013

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Filibusters, Hot-Potatoes And A Word From Uncle Joe – March 6, 1948

Click on the link here for Audio Player: News for March 6, 1948 Truly an International news day for this March 6th in 1948. Starting with Domestic issues in the form of a readied filibuster on the parts of Dixiecrats…

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March 6, 2013
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Extended Forecast: Vietnam – Dark With Persistent Mayhem – February 28, 1965

Click on the link here for Audio Player: Meet The Pres – Russell Long – Feb. 28, 1965 As questions began to raise regarding our role in Southeast Asia, it was still early on in the game to see just…

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February 28, 2013

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Up To Our Lips Again – February 15, 1971

Click on the link here for Audio Player: News for February 15, 1971 – Laos Invasion Not bad enough public opinion railed against U.S. involvement in Cambodia in 1970, in 1971 the war now extended to Laos with U.S. and…

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February 15, 2013

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“We Are Continuing A War Of Maneuver” – February 13, 1951

Click on the link here for Audio Player: News for February 13, 1951 Despite General MacArthur‘s spin that “we are continuing a war of maneuver”, a new phrase had entered into the Korean War Slang dictionary; “Buggin’ out”. On this…

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February 13, 2013

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