A new book makes the bold claim that "the public school has served as the single most significant site of constitutional interpretation within the nation's history."
What was once the mark of failure for a conventional army is now the benchmark for success.
Tran Tong Duyet credits the senator with helping improve relations between the two countries after the war.
The Arizona senator, a prisoner of war in Vietnam, represented the GOP in the 2008 presidential election.
The rare example of an activist politician able to work effectively from within the American political system, Dellums distinguished himself by taking strong stances about divisive issues in America and on the global stage.
U.S. soldiers in My Lai, Vietnam, "didn't just kill babies," the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist tells Robert Scheer in a wide-ranging interview. "They were throwing infants up and catching them on their bayonets."
Fifty years ago, four words broadcast nationally changed the course of the Vietnam War. Now four words have exposed the cruelty of the Trump administration.
Their actions prompted a wave of similar acts of nonviolent civil disobedience and escalated the movement to end the Vietnam War.
Kelly Sadler was discussing the ailing senator's opposition to the president's pick for CIA director, Gina Haspel, at a White House meeting Thursday, two people present tell The Associated Press.
While rethinking what military power means, perhaps Americans should reconsider what intelligence means, too.
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