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America’s forgotten war

Source: Salon, Nov 23 2012, 9:50am CST

And yet, back in the United States, a mythology took hold. Ronald Reagan had set this train in motion, the narrative went, because he had gone to the Berlin Wall in June 1987 and fearlessly told Gorbachev to “tear down this Wall.” And now it h ...

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Berlin's Brandenburg Gate: Backdrop to Decades of US-Europe Ties

Source: Voice of America  |   Jun 18 2013, 5:05pm CDT

U.S. President Barack Obama is visiting Berlin this week, where he will speak at the historic Brandenburg Gate. The gate is not just one of Germany's emblematic symbols; it also chronicles the recent history of the European relati ...

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Iranian Voters Stump the War Party

Source: The American Conservative  |   Jun 18 2013, 2:45pm CDT

A spectre is haunting America’s war party. Last week, Iranians went to the polls and surprisingly and unambiguously voted for the most moderate candidate, Hossan Rohani, an establishment cleric who campaigned on the need to improve Iran’s ec ...

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"It was a long and costly political rivalry, fueled on both sides by unreal and exaggerated estimates of the intentions and strength of the other side."


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Can Obama's Berlin Speech Match John F. Kennedy's and Ronald Reagan's?

Source: U.S. News & World Report  |   Jun 18 2013, 1:37pm CDT

President Obama has been called one of the most eloquent of the modern presidents – and not without reason. That reputation will be put to the test tomorrow when he speaks in Berlin, a city which has served as the stage for two of the be ...

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The Pergamon Museum offers a pointed message from Berlin to Russia – give our treasures back

Source: The Telegraph UK  |   Jun 18 2013, 12:40pm CDT

There are, though, good reasons why – despite any misgivings – it’s worth going. One is that the Pergamon Museum is part of a grand, and still growing, ensemble that occupies Museum Island just a short distance from the Reich ...

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Cold War Linguists: The NSA’s Spies of Teufelsberg

Source: PRI's The World  |   Jun 18 2013, 7:50am CDT

“Some days it was fun. Other days it was excruciatingly boring,” says Cooper. “They’d be discussing agriculture reports, things like that. They were having a bad crop of potatoes. And if you were on the graveyard sh ...

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Opinion: 50 years after JFK's 'Ich bin ein Berliner'

Source: CNN  |   Jun 18 2013, 6:42am CDT

President John F. Kennedy speaks at Schoeneberg City Hall in Berlin on June 26, 1963. STORY HIGHLIGHTS President Obama is to give a speech in Berlin on transatlantic alliance It comes on the eve of anniversary of JF ...

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50th anniversary of Kennedy visit in Berlin is reminiscent of divided Germany

Source: Biloxi Sun Herald  |   Jun 17 2013, 7:57am CDT

By ANNE Z. COOKE — McClatchy-Tribune News Service BERLIN - It was 50 years ago, an old man's memory. But Berliners haven't forgotten the American president's visit in 1963, nor the speech that offered so much h ...

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I Lived Behind It For Three Years.

Source: Experience Project   |   Jun 16 2013, 10:49am CDT

5 people have read this story I was stationed in West Berlin from 85 to 88. The military housing area where I lived butted up against the wall in the southwestern section of the city. I remember watching i ...

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JFK: Fifty years ago, 4 of John F. Kennedy's speeches moved the world

Source: NJ.com  |   Jun 16 2013, 5:05am CDT

Fifty years ago this month, John F. Kennedy stood on a platform in West Berlin and uttered one of the most iconic phrases of 20th-century American politics: “Ich bin ein Berliner.” President John F. Kennedy stands on a platf ...

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