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Movie secrets are there, in the script!
You know what "Star Wars" is about? I mean, really about? Vietnam. It's a critical allegory of the war: The Rebels are the scrappy Viet Cong, hastily assembled, devoted and relentless; the Empire is the American military, tripped up by an enemy using...
Tags: The Shining (movie), The Dark Knight Rises (movie), Entertainment, Radio, Naomi Watts
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Letters: The tragedy of the Iraq war
Re "Iran appears the victor in postwar Iraq," March 29 In 1991, the first President Bush, a decorated World War II combat veteran, was content to simply drive Saddam Hussein's forces out of Kuwait. Iraq was left militarily capable of opposing its...Tags: Iran, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Executive Branch, Government, U.S. Congress
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Letters: Worked up over defense claims
Re “Obama's dangerous experiment,” Opinion, Feb. 28 Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-Santa Clarita), the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, fails to mention that he himself voted for the “sequester” in...Tags: Budget Control Act of 2011, U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, Republican Party, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Elections
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A Dyngus Day for the history books
Forty-five years ago, Bobby Kennedy came to South Bend for the wildest of all Dyngus Days. Kennedy would have been president if he had lived long enough. I was far from sure on that Dyngus Day, as Kennedy campaigned here in a "must win" 1968 Democratic...
Tags: Regional Authority, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Elections, Richard Nixon, Lyndon B. Johnson
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The veterans benefits backlog
It is shameful that veterans of the United States military have to wait months, and sometimes more than a year, to begin receiving the benefits they are owed after their years of service. Yet that is the case. Almost 900,000 veterans across the...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Heart Disease, Eric Shinseki, Veterans Affairs, Parkinson's Disease
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Australian film 'The Sapphires' finds its American soul
"The Sapphires," which opens Friday, is the crowd-pleasing, based-on-actual-people story of four young Aboriginal women who team up with a male Irish manager and perform for American troops in Vietnam, so it's covering its bases internationally. The...
Tags: Entertainment, Justice and Rights, Bridesmaids (movie), Civil Rights, Gladys Knight
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Governor Signs Vietnam Veterans Day into Law
Channel 2 NewsMarch 29 will officially be known as Vietnam Veterans Day in Alaska. Gov. Sean Parnell signed House Bill 67 into law Wednesday, designating that day annually to acknowledge and commemorate the military service of American men and women in the Vietnam...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, Executive Branch, Sean Parnell, Government
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Other venues: 'Forrest Gump,' 'The Terminator' and 'The Man Who Wasn't There'
BACinema Beverly Arts Center 2407 W. 111th St. 773-445-3838 beverlyartcenter.org *"The Waiting Room" (U.S.; Peter Nicks, 2012) Shot over five months in an Oakland public hospital, "The Waiting Room" explores the state of medical care for the nation's...Tags: Entertainment, Freida Pinto, U.S. Department of State, Patrick McGoohan, Patrick Swayze
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Bill for Vietnam veterans
The 112th Congress failed to pass law for Vietnam War veterans. The law would have afforded all U.S. Navy Vietnam vets VA benefits. New House Bill HR-543, The Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act. This bill was introduced to the 113th Congress by...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Agent Orange Poisoning (1961-1971), Wars and Interventions, U.S. Navy, U.S. Congress
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War photography exhibit opens at Annenberg Space for Photography
FrameworkThe exhibit, organized by The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and titled WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY, includes over 150 photographs from 1887 through the present day. It will open Saturday March 23 and run through June 2. Admission will be free.... -
Letters: Remembering fallen warriors
Re "Mothers aid military in the names of their fallen sons," Column, March 24 Thanks to Steve Lopez for highlighting the work of two wonderful Gold Star mothers who work in the name of their sons' service and ultimate sacrifice. The Iraq war may have...Tags: Barack Obama, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, Iraq, Iraq War (2003-2011)
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Seattle judge orders release of two activists held for contempt
SEATTLE—Two activists jailed for refusing to cooperate in a federal grand jury investigation of anarchists in the Pacific Northwest were scheduled to be released from prison Thursday after a judge ruled there was little chance they would change...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Prisons, Human Rights, Religion and Belief, Trials
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Mar 31, 2013
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Mar 28, 2013
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Mar 27, 2013
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Mar 21, 2013
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Mar 27, 2013
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Original site for Vietnam War (1955-1975) topic gallery.