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… institutions and improving social, educational, and health services. Western regions of Sudan, such as Darfur, were … coexisted with Egyptian schools, missionary schools, community schools, and Sudanese private schools. In the … Services (NISS), which was accountable to al-Bashir. Soldiers of the Sudan People’s Liberation …

… up from the nation's second job.     But Garner's pithy comment no longer describes the vice presidency.     The … overcame misgivings of close Ronald Reagan associates to become a valued presidential adviser and effective diplomat. … as Bush's lieutenant governor, a period of Perry's public service that gets little mention in his official biography. …

… will honor the thousands of American and other Allied soldiers who gave their lives there in 1944. As Americans … policies now causing so much trouble in Iraq. When it comes to remembering World War II, Americans should be more … deserve a grand monument. But would it really be a disservice to their memory if the memorial also reminded us …

… a black president at the nation’s helm, even the most glib commentators can justify focusing on black history. But … and elections, as well as their personnel — generals, soldiers, kings and candidates.   No one tells us more about … such as lobbyist groups, party machines and the civil service — which turned around and excluded women until the …

… Vietnam analogy is not so much the difficulty of drawing comparisons between two different situations. The problem is … By the early 1970s, American involvement in Vietnam had become a strategic disaster. The war was sucking U.S. economic … of the war, many U.S. allies in Europe and elsewhere had become concerned that a country willing to spend 20 years and …

… Dwight D. Eisenhower and Republican legislators took unbecomingly large financial contributions from the appreciative … to be completely captured by his fossil fuel buddies. Eisenhower, in fact, ended up vetoing the deregulation … to understand that supply was only one side of the energy coin. Demand was the other side. In 1979, when he tried to …

… prohibits all military activity? The unlikely source of common ground lies in the Antarctic Treaty of 1959. This … prize for the United States — and a preview of things to come. By the 1990s, aerial inspection would become a … Korean side are nearly 700,000 troops and 37,000 U.S. soldiers. North Korea also possesses a growing missile …

… married in the 1790s before her divorce had officially become final. He won the election anyway, but she died of a stress-induced heart attack before he began his … Petticoat Affair," and is a writer for the History News Service. … History News Service …

… or on appealing to independents? Some of those factors may come into play, yet the recent history of vice-presidential … perform under the pressure of a presidential campaign could complicate their chances.   It’s not that citizens base … repeated questions regarding his qualifications before he compared his experience to that of John Kennedy in 1960. …

… would eliminate filibusters to prevent legislation from coming to the floor for debate, while retaining filibusters … the Senate as Jefferson's vice president from 1801-1805 recommended dropping in an effort to simplify Senate rules. … his term.   Many of the founding fathers regretted the compromise that gave each state — regardless of size — two …

… the recent attacks on New York City and Washington were committed by a transnational organization. But it is hard to … from the Middle East or the Korean peninsula. The common characteristic of the states on the current State … and Balancing" (2003) and is a writer for History News Service. …

… his past. A former army officer, he fabricated a record of service in Vietnam. A liberal, he concocted a role in … as much troubled by dishonesty and other human shortcomings as other occupations. When scholars make mistakes, … framers of the nation have deservedly attracted a wide audience. And that is one reason why his recent exposure, like …

… criticized Social Security but later backed away from his comments after his Republican opponents and the press jumped … President Lyndon Johnson—Perry may not be able to overcome his past attacks on Social Security no matter how hard … damaging to Goldwater’s campaign was a Johnson television commercial featuring two hands ripping up a Social Security …

… holocaust in which hundreds of millions of people would die horribly. Even the much smaller nuclear arsenals of the … Treaties (START I, in 1991 and START II, in 1993), and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT, in 1996). These … “unequivocal undertaking by the nuclear-weapon states to accomplish the total elimination of their nuclear arsenals.” …

… begins to fade, there’s a race among critics to find a compelling Rasputin or a group of gray eminences pulling the … in search of scapegoats in the past often looked to first ladies as the causes of their husband’s difficulties. However … Century (2009) and is a writer for the History News Service. …

… the terrorist attack seems too much to bear. Professional commentators, and current and former government officials … war.” His unit had killed and wounded several American soldiers and taken others prisoner. President James K. Polk, … of New York, and is a writer for the History News Service. …

… the test of the first Soviet atomic weapon in 1949. The combination of the Soviet Union’s atomic weapons and its … country in the world is more or less on the level of Panama compared with the military strength of the United States. … College in Virginia and is a writer for the History News Service. …

… system and beyond.  Satellites make possible the modern communications, navigation, weather, and other space-based services we take for granted.     So why aren't astronauts … space travel fully reliable.  Insurance rates for launching communications satellites into geosynchronous orbit run from …

… Once part of the Russian Empire of the tsars and then the Communist Soviet Union, Kazakhstan has been independent … meal. We spent the night in our sleeping bags in a large communal dormitory. Path inside the Konyr-Aulie cave. Some … between seasonal pastures. Brutal Soviet policies that compelled the nomads to settle in one place, followed by a …

… he was dead. The implication was clear—although Stalin had died, his influence would be keenly felt in the Soviet … pardoned or remitted the sentences of prisoners whom had committed minor offenses. As they worked to dismantle … narrow” for the United States and the Soviet Union to come out on the other side with a better relationship, …

… In preparation for hosting an upcoming summit of Arab heads of state, Saudi Arabian Crown … to the pre-1967 borders, the Saudis’ territorial “remedies” exceed the nearly universally accepted parameters of … Georgia in Carrollton and a writer for the History News Service. …

… total solar eclipse . Dating to 1223 BCE in Syria, it was accompanied by the appearance of  Mars in the sky and … eclipses offer perspective through their enormity. They command respect. The response of Cooper’s New York to the … overland from the Pacific, lexicographer Noah Webster’s Compendious Dictionary of the English Language   defined an …