Tag Archives: United States

  1. Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, a Republican Party presidential candidate, speaks to voters in Washington DC, October 8, 2011 (Gage Skidmore)

    The Horror! Mitt Romney Believes in the Free Market

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    Columnist E.J. Dionne can hardly believe it. Presidential candidate Mitt Romney believes that capitalism works.

  1. CIA employees help Vietnamese evacuees onto an Air America helicopter from the top of 22 Gia Long street, a half mile from the American embassy in Saigon, South Vietnam, April 29, 1975 (Bettmann/Corbis)

    The Saddest Day: Remembering the Fall of Saigon

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    The defeat of South Vietnam could have been prevented if the United States had not reneged on their commitment.

  1. Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, a Republican Party presidential hopeful, addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington DC, February 10, 2010 (Gage Skidmore)

    “It’s Still About the Economy, And We’re Not Stupid”

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    Mitt Romney, virtually assured of the Republican presidential nomination, announced “the start of a new campaign.”

  1. President Barack Obama looks up at the ceiling of the Cabanas Cultural Center during a trilateral meeting with Canada's prime minister Stephen Harper and Mexico's president Felipe Calderon during the North American Leaders' Summit in Guadalajara, August 10, 2009

    Mexico’s Calderón Urges US to Enter Trade Talks

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    The Mexican president said the United States should join a trade agreement with other nations bordering the Pacific.

  1. A C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft takes off at Karshi-Khanabad Air Base, Uzbekistan, March 26, 2005 (US Air Force/Master Sergeant Scott T. Sturkol)

    Russia Helping United States Get Out of Afghanistan

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    Russia and the United States are negotiating a transit agreement for the withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan.