25 June 1950: The U.S. Government asked for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to consider the invasion of the Republic of South Korea launched by North Korean forces early in the morning of the 25th (Korean time). The Council, meeting later the same day, adopted a resolution calling for the cessation of [...] [...]
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There’s requests that are general in nature — and then there’s targeted requests. The latter are often specific, meet an urgent need and require short turnaround. This is a targeted request. The details are over at Maggie’s Place, but here’s the thumbnail sketch. Marines brought in from the field with serious injuries (usually traumatic brain [...] [...] Come join us this Sunday, 13 Jun 2010 @ 1700 EDT as we talk about a variety of topics under that subject line via ‘Phib’s and Eagle1′s invitation to discuss the same on this week’s edition of blog talk radio. What will we discuss? It’s a pretty wide-open field, covering such topics as the threat [...] [...] I have not crossed so far into these “seasoned” years that I don’t remember a time when traditions in college football meant something. I grew up in the Big 8, where every single conference member’s home field was no more than a day’s drive (at the national mandatory speed limit of 55 mph) from one [...] [...] In every battle there is a moment when the combatants, and the world, seem to catch their breath. It is a fleeting moment, lost in the blink of an eye. But in that same blink, everything changes. Such moments are borne of desperation, of courage, of plain dumb luck. But they are pivotal – for [...] [...] |
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