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Basketball diplomacy
Former NBA basketball player Dennis Rodman perceived folly isn't as terrible as some media pundits and others alleged. Any endeavor to curtail North Korean bellicosity toward its regional neighbors and others must be seen as positive. But, unequivocally...Tags: Richard Nixon, China, Barack Obama, Dennis Rodman
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Another Watergate gap
The Nixon Presidential Library and Museum opened a new exhibit in Yorba Linda and online Feb. 15, "Patriot, President, Peacemaker." It covers Richard Nixon's entire life, like the permanent installation there, and claims to present "a fuller picture" than...
Tags: Yom Kippur, Museums, Richard Nixon, U.S. Congress, Central Intelligence Agency
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Dalai Lama to speak at University of Maryland
The Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader for Tibetan Buddhists, will speak in May at the University of Maryland as part of the Sadat Lecture for Peace, an annual series that has drawn world leaders such as Madeleine Albright, Nelson Mandela and Jimmy Carter....Tags: University of Maryland, College Park, College Park (Prince George's, Maryland), Madeleine Albright, Comcast Center (arena), Education
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Zhuang Zedong dies at 72; helped get 'pingpong diplomacy' rolling
It might have been a chance meeting or a cunning act of propaganda, but the encounter more than 40 years ago between two pingpong champions — one Chinese, the other American — launched what President Nixon would call "the week that changed the...Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Richard Nixon, White House, Tennis, United States Naval Academy
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GOP's civil war stumbles on
After Mitt Romney's 2012 election shellacking, a predictable blame-storm erupted between Republican pragmatists who want to win elections and the conservative zealots who love to argue. The big divide is most evident in such events as the Tea Party...Tags: Fox News Channel (tv network), Politics, Tea Party Movement, Christine O'Donnell, Chris Christie
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Why does Obama keep his cabinet all-stars on the bench?
As his second term begins, President Barack Obama is in his comfort zone, surrounded by loyal lieutenants. What a contrast to the captivating candidate of 2008, who told Time Magazine's Joe Klein that as president he would be surrounded "by people who...Tags: Richard Nixon, Central Intelligence Agency, White House, Politics, Shaun Donovan
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Christopher Van Hollen Sr., ambassador
Christopher Van Hollen Sr., a retired Foreign Service officer and ambassador to Sri Lanka, died of Alzheimer's disease complications Jan. 30 at the Washington Home and Hospice. The former Baltimore resident was 90. Born in Baltimore and raised in...
Tags: Richard Nixon, Central Intelligence Agency, Lifestyle and Leisure, Foods and Beverages, NATO
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Chan Lowe: Patte Atkins-Grad hangs on
I’ve lived in South Florida for almost 29 years, and I have to admit I’m not exactly sure where Tamarac is. I would wager a lot of other South Floridians—even Broward County residents—don’t know, either. If you held our...
Tags: Tamarac, Broward County, Rick Scott
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Joe Biden's wife is a 'Dr.,' but she doesn't deliver babies
Is Joe Biden married to a physician? You might have gotten that impression while watching television coverage of the inauguration. “Dr.” Jill Biden’s doctorate is in education, yet word obviously has been sent out from the White House...Tags: Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control, White House, Peggy Lee, Politics
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Buried history in Hanoi
Out beyond the swank poolside bar at Hanoi's Metropole hotel, which I visited last month, a gated entrance opens onto a dark set of stairs. At the bottom is a dank and musty bomb shelter, and, for those who can read Vietnamese, a sign in golden...
Tags: Richard Nixon, Holidays, U.S. Military, Armed Conflicts, Elections
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Hagel nod a sign of president's second-term intentions
"This is my last election. After my election, I have more flexibility." -- Barack Obama to Dmitry Medvedev, March 26, 2012 WASHINGTON - The puzzle of the Chuck Hagel nomination for defense secretary is that you normally choose someone of the other party...
Tags: Camp David, Washington, DC, Dmitry Medvedev, Iran, The Washington Post
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Who will be our next profiles in courage?
One of the great works in politics and political rhetoric is John F. Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize-winning Profiles in Courage. Courage has always been important to the Kennedys, who created a Profile in Courage Award a generation ago, and the awards, although...
Tags: Richard Nixon, Paul Ryan, Religion and Belief, Human Interest, Philosophy
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