Wednesday, June 12, 2013 Mr. MILLER of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate the enduring spirit and gratitude of the people of the United States and France as exemplified through the mutual friendship of the sister cities of Crestview, Florida, and the French island city of Noirmoutier-en-l'Ile. The…
2013-07-05 By Robbin Laird The families of the 10-crew members who crash-landed onto the waters of Noirmoutier Island, France on July 4, 1943 were invited to attend the unveiling ceremony honoring their World War II combat crew members. Thousands of French joined the ceremonies on Sunday June 30, 2013. It…
2013-07-04 by Robbin Laird When inside the beltway, one can often lose sense of reality. One of these realities is how perception matters in the big world out there, and showing up to honor allied memories and to be present in major events is crucial to shaping current and future…
2013-07-03 By Kenneth Maxwell Fifa apparently prohibits cursing at football games. Or so an avid fan of "Vasco," one of the Rio de Janeiro football teams, tells me. I don't know if this is true. But it seems probable. Though I don't see how such a rule can be enforced. But then I suppose…
2013-07-03 by Richard Weitz Erlan Idrissov, Kazakhstan’s Foreign Minister will be visiting Washington July 6 -10, at a crucial juncture in his country’s relations with the United States. The two countries have successfully cooperated on a wide variety of economic and security issues during the last two decades. Looking forward,…
06/30/2013 By Robbin Laird I am here with others to honor the crew of a B-17 which crashed in France on July 4, 1943. Having been born in 1946, I was a generational beneficiary of my parent’s generation which fought against tyranny and prevailed. This fight seems a never ending…
by Richard Weitz Despite their differences over Yugoslavia, the shock of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, which vividly reminded Russian and Western officials of their shared security interests, led to a revival and restructuring of the NATO-Russian relationship. At the May 2002 NATO summit in Rome, the allies issued a joint…
2013-06-26 by Richard Weitz At the 28th Annual Conference of the Council on U.S.-Korean Security Studies combined with the International Council on Korean Studies in Seoul this week—which marks the 63rd anniversary of the start of the Korean War—a senior U.S. administration official laid out the Obama administration’s assessment of…
