Thursday November 26, 2009
Summoning up the words of his predecessors George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, and asking Americans to give special tribute to "our country's men and women in uniform," President Obama issued his first Thanksgiving Day Proclamation. [Read full text...]
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Wednesday November 25, 2009
The Veterans Administration (VA) has announced it will conduct its first in-depth study of the effects of military service on the women veterans who served during the Vietnam War. Read more...
Tuesday November 24, 2009
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has advised people living in homes built with Chinese-made drywall to "spend as much time outdoors in fresh air as possible." Read more...
Tuesday November 24, 2009
The National Archives & Records Administration (NARA) has assembled a "forensic document examination team" to do a CSI-like investigation of the handwritten notes H.R. Haldeman kept of his June 20, 1972, Watergate-related meeting with President Richard M. Nixon. Read more...