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Photos show the USS Eisenhower carrier strike group's 9-month deployment leading the ferocious Houthi fight
The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, left the Middle East on June 22 a…
Lauren Frias
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How an often overlooked World War II-era shipbuilder designed the boat that Eisenhower said 'won the war for us'
The landing craft designed by Andrew Higgins were used in every major amphibious assault during Wor…
Katie Sanders and Mara Storey
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China's military has US aircraft carriers in its sights, but those flattops aren't 'little teacups,' their captains say
China will be gunning for US aircraft carriers, but those flattops are "designed to take it," Capt.…
Christopher Woody
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What the Allies' first humiliating encounter with the Nazis taught them about how to win World War II
The Battle of Kasserine Pass "was probably the worst performance of U.S. Army troops in their whole…
Benjamin Brimelow
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Blame student loans on Sputnik: How the 1957 launch of a Soviet rocket inspired the government to overhaul education
The USSR leapfrogged the USA in the space race with Sputnik, and the student-loan industry was mean…
Ayelet Sheffey
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How a US government program advocated using nuclear explosions for construction, farming radioactive crops, and blasting holes in the moon
In the 50s and 60s, the US dreamed up ways to bring nuclear tech into everyday life — like bu…
Marianne Guenot
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The US Navy is vaccinating 5,000 sailors from the Eisenhower carrier strike group before they head back to sea
"I'm very excited that they're going to get to go downrange and at least achieve some sense of norm…
Christopher Woody
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Photos show first ladies' first and last looks while in office, from Mamie Eisenhower to Jill Biden
Just-inaugurated President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama in 2009 (left) and the couple…
Victoria Montalti
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How Biden's economy stacks up against every president's since Eisenhower
The economy benefitted massively from vaccines and reopening under Biden. Conversely, the Trump pre…
Ben Winck,Andy Kiersz
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Eisenhower's worst nightmare: Pentagon merger-mania is back
And it wasn't just a matter of big firms pairing up either. Lockheed Martin itself was the product …
William D. Hartung, TomDispatch
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A former White House butler who served 11 presidents — from Eisenhower to Obama — has died from the coronavirus
Wilson Roosevelt Jerman died on Saturday at a hospital in Virginia at the age of 91. He worked at t…
Ashley Collman
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The Navy's 'Team Battle Axe' flew its jets to the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower to practice mission-critical skills
"The training our aviators and air crew will accomplish during carrier qualifications will ensure w…
Petty Officer 3rd Class Devin Lowe, US Navy
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Here's President Eisenhower's eggnog recipe
And as a president, he managed the building of the interstate highway system and deployed the …
Jeremy Bender
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Here's Eisenhower's initial report on the D-Day invasion
Local time is now eight in the morning. I have as yet no information concerning the actual landing …
Jeremy Bender,Amanda Macias
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Asian Jugaad Is Winning Over Western Elite Technology
Space age is for real and ‘space race’ is here to stay. Every nation that sees the crucial role tec…
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What the Nazi's said to General Eisenhower upon surrendering 71 years ago this month
The failure of Nazi troops to check this advance resulted in them having no choice but to sign a tr…
Jeremy Bender
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Watch Out, Obama: Second Terms Have Been Tainted By Scandal
Will Obama continue or overcome the trend? Only time will tell. For now, here are eight cautionary …
Walter Hickey
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Dwight Eisenhower Nailed A Major Insight About Productivity
In business, LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner includes blocks of meeting-free time on his schedule so he ca…
Drake Baer
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A Tailor Once Advised President Eisenhower On Foreign Policy By Slipping Notes Into His Suits
I couldn't believe my luck. I'd been given the chance to use my skills in the service of a man who …