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Remembering a Fallen Hero on Memorial Day
1+ hour, 30+ min ago (864+ words) The story of a U. S. Marine who made the ultimate sacrifice for the United States. Monday is Memorial Day. The United States'has fought twelve major wars'in its history. It has also fought numerous smaller conflicts, with Operation Epic Fury being the…...
The Battle of Attu
1+ week, 4+ day ago (197+ words) The only World War II battle fought on U. S. soil was also one of the bloodiest....
Woodrow Wilson Asks Congress to Declare War on Germany
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (851+ words) Presidential campaign promises can be easier to make than to keep. Presidents win elections by making promises to voters. Sometimes they break those promises. Donald Trump is an obvious case in point. He campaigned in 2024 vowing: "I'm not going to…...
The Iran Conflict Is Becoming a Russia-Ukraine Proxy War
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (325+ words) Both Russia and Ukraine are trying to use the U. S. -Israeli war against Iran to their own advantage. With Russia profiting from the war while backing Iran, and Ukraine arming the Gulf states, the Middle East has become a new front…...
Happy 78th Birthday to the United States Air Force | Council on Foreign Relations
8+ mon, 4+ day ago (185+ words) The United States Air Force marks seventy-eight years of service today." The'United States Air Force'(USAF) turns seventy-eight years old today. On September 18, 1947, Chief Justice Fred Vinson'swore in'Stuart Symington'as the first secretary of the Air Force, officially founding a new…...
Thanking America's Veterans
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (204+ words) Paris to Kyoto: The History of UN Climate Agreements by Lindsay Maizland and Clara Fong November 6, 2025 Renewing America by Joshua Kurlantzick November 6, 2025 Asia Program Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton, Dean Keren Yarhi-Milo, and Ambassador John Sullivan on 'Inside the Situation Room…...
Beijing Military Parade
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (244+ words) The Age of Change Book by Michelle Gavin September 4, 2025 Africa Program Article by CFR Editors September 3, 2025 9: 40 am (EST) Welcome to the'Daily News Brief, CFR's flagship morning newsletter summarizing the top global news and analysis of the day.' Subscribe'to the'Daily News…...