To: Interested parties From: John King, CNN chief national correspondent Re: The Monday Memo
One of my favorite movies is the Academy Award-winning best picture "Braveheart," a fictionalized retelling of the story of William Wallace, the Scots knight and resistance leader during the Scottish independence wars of the 13th century.
For CNN, Tiananmen Square was a watershed story -- a seminal moment in the network's history.
The lame-duck president is believed to be one of the more impotent figures in American politics -- a commander in chief who is unable to do much because he lacks political muscle.
Georgian leaders may be blaming Russia for the conflict raging in South Ossetia, but former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev said Thursday "there is no doubt" that Georgia provoked the clash.
"Life is great," Bloom says with his girlfriend by his side
"I have a dream". Martin Luther King's famous speech cemented his status as one of the world's greatest peace makers. The American civil rights activist was the youngest man ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize. His life mission was to make the planet a better place.
A ridiculous amount of time and energy has already gone into picking the next President, which would lead you to suppose the matter is of some consequence. Of course the person who serves as leader of the Free World matters (ask anyone in Baghdad), but over the long sweep of history it counts for less than we may think.
Behind President Reagan's famous challenge to Gorbachev, delivered 20 years ago today, that helped end the Cold War
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev said Wednesday that U.S. plans to build a missile defense shield in Europe are arrogant and threaten to usher in a new Cold War.
To: Interested parties From: John King, CNN chief national correspondent Re: The Monday Memo
One of my favorite movies is the Academy Award-winning best picture "Braveheart," a fictionalized retelling of the story of William Wallace, the Scots knight and resistance leader during the Scottish independence wars of the 13th century.
For CNN, Tiananmen Square was a watershed story -- a seminal moment in the network's history.
The lame-duck president is believed to be one of the more impotent figures in American politics -- a commander in chief who is unable to do much because he lacks political muscle.
Georgian leaders may be blaming Russia for the conflict raging in South Ossetia, but former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev said Thursday "there is no doubt" that Georgia provoked the clash.
"Life is great," Bloom says with his girlfriend by his side
"I have a dream". Martin Luther King's famous speech cemented his status as one of the world's greatest peace makers. The American civil rights activist was the youngest man ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize. His life mission was to make the planet a better place.
A ridiculous amount of time and energy has already gone into picking the next President, which would lead you to suppose the matter is of some consequence. Of course the person who serves as leader of the Free World matters (ask anyone in Baghdad), but over the long sweep of history it counts for less than we may think.
Behind President Reagan's famous challenge to Gorbachev, delivered 20 years ago today, that helped end the Cold War
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev said Wednesday that U.S. plans to build a missile defense shield in Europe are arrogant and threaten to usher in a new Cold War.
Nancy Reagan saw to the publication of her late husband Ronald's diaries because she felt it was important that people know more about the former president.
Alexander Yakovlev, one of the architects of the perestroika reform program instituted in the waning years of the Soviet Union, died Tuesday at age 81, a longtime friend said.
Mikhail Gorbachev, former president of the Soviet Union, said Wednesday the United States was hypocritical over nuclear armaments and not prepared to disarm its own weapons.
CNN's Ryan Chilcote spoke to former Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev about his thoughts and reflections on the death of the Pope John Paul II. The following is a transcript of the interview:
Former Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev said Sunday that Pope John Paul II's "devotion to his followers is a remarkable example to all of us."
World leaders have been paying tribute to Pope John Paul II, who died Saturday.
Former President George H.W. Bush celebrated his 80th birthday Sunday by parachuting twice onto the grounds of his presidential library.
Crass, Washington-style politicking will be on hold just one day more as Americans observe a National Day of Mourning today in honor of former president Ronald Reagan. Fans of crass, Washington-style politicking will be fully reimbursed starting next week.
Mikhail Gorbachev will take part in memorial services for former U.S. President Ronald Reagan, according to an aide for the former Soviet leader most closely associated with the 40th president and the end of the Cold War.
Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has praised Ronald Reagan, saying he was upset to hear about the former U.S. president's death, according to a report from Russia's Interfax news agency.
Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan was remembered as "a truly great American hero", for his warmth, for restoring America's greatness after the Vietnam War and for ending the Cold War in tributes that flowed from current and former leaders around the world.
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A rare U.S. presidential trade mission to the Soviet Union hit Moscow in the midst of the most dramatic political and economic crisis since 1917. Commerce Secretary Robert Mosbacher and 15 top Amer...
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-- Where do the 134 U.S. corporations that have gone into business in the Soviet Union -- Dresser Industries, E.I. Du Pont, Honeywell, McDonald's, PepsiCo, and Polaroid among them -- stand now? The...
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