Ambassador to U.N.

April 4, 2025 USGOPO 0

Chief Diplomatic Post below Secretary of State. The United States has an ambassador to every nation the U.S. recognizes, all who work within the State […]

Dismissed

April 3, 2025 USGOPO 0

Truman fires MacArthur. On this day, April 11, in 1951, President Harry Truman relieved General Douglas MacArthur of his duties as the U.S. commander of […]

Oslo Accords

March 28, 2025 USGOPO 0

Bill Clinton as Mediator. In 1993, President Bill Clinton arranged for a peace agreement at the White House. As the United State’s chief diplomat, Clinton […]

Nixon to China

March 27, 2025 USGOPO 0

He Re-Opened Relations. In 1972, President Nixon arrived in China and met with Chairman Moa Zedong. The Chinese Communist Party had controlled mainland China since […]

The Lippmann Column

March 26, 2025 USGOPO 0

The Trial Balloon. Walter Lippmann, a widely read columnist for the New York Herald-Tribune and an accepted expert on many subjects, wrote this column below […]