Tag: Vietnam War

President Lyndon B. Johnson sports a big grin as he arrives at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, Jan. 5, 1964. The chief executive returned to Washington after a two-week working holiday at his Texas ranch.

Could Trump follow LBJ and drop out?

Victor Schwartz · July 3, 2020 4:00 am

Retired military brass need to pay more for their health care, according to retired Adm. Mike Mullen, who articulated a position that contrasts with the protection lawmakers gave flag officers when they reduced cost-of-living adjustments for lower-ranking service members in the latest budget agreement.ÃÂ (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Shawn P. Eklund, File)

National Security

Retired Adm. Mike Mullen and former Defense Secretary William Cohen warn of politicization of military and ‘autocratic’ whims of Trump

Abraham Mahshie · June 9, 2020 9:56 pm

President Richard Nixon gives an emotional farewell address to his staff.

National Security

Trump echoes Reagan and Nixon in law-and-order tack

Abraham Mahshie · June 5, 2020 4:01 am

Small lights in the ground illuminate the Wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. on Friday night on Sept. 21, 1984. Today's Memorial Day ceremony has been pushed back to late September due to concerns about the cornonavirus.

Washington Secrets

‘The Wall’s’ rabbi urges nation to ‘unite to mourn our dead’

Paul Bedard · May 25, 2020 6:19 pm

Let’s remind ourselves who we memorialize and why

Washington Examiner · May 25, 2020 4:00 am

The Hialeah Gardens Museum Honoring Assault Brigade 2506 honors veterans from the 1961 Bay of Pigs failed invasion of Cuba by CIA-trained Cuban exiles. Some 300-400 Bay of Pigs veterans are still alive today.

National Security

Bay of Pigs Museum awaits Trump christening

Abraham Mahshie · May 24, 2020 4:01 am

A U.S. Flag rests against the Memorial Wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington.

Efforts to add ‘Lost 74’ to Vietnam Veterans Memorial hit road block with Congress

Mica Soellner · May 17, 2020 7:38 pm

Fifty years after Kent State, we are even more divided

Barry D. Wood · May 4, 2020 4:00 am

Vietnam POW compares coronavirus uncertainty to time in captivity

Abraham Mahshie · April 23, 2020 5:30 pm

Actress Ellen Barkin: Trump ‘responsible for more deaths’ than presidents during Vietnam War

Emma Colton · April 23, 2020 2:44 pm

Beltway Confidential

Coronavirus gives Trump reason not to run for reelection

Quin Hillyer · April 23, 2020 4:00 am

"I want to know what happened to Donald Trump ... who was a Democrat?" Kimmel added.

Jimmy Kimmel: Trump would be fine with stay-at-home orders if coronavirus was named ‘Vietnam’

Dominick Mastrangelo · March 26, 2020 8:13 pm