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Mineta was a leader in the long-run effort to get the U.S. to pay amends for its transgressions. In 1988 Congress finally passed a law promising $20,000 to each of 75,000 victims. "Words alone cannot restore lost years or erase painful memories," said the presidential letter handed...
Roosevelt, re-elected to a third term in 1940 after pledging that "your boys are not going to be sent to any foreign wars," knew that Hirohito was just a figurehead ruler over a militarist government dominated by the flinty General Hideki Tojo. Still, Roosevelt staked his hopes for peace...
The envoys made their "final effort" on Nov. 20, presenting to Hull an unyielding proposal on which Foreign Minister Togo said "no further concessions" could be made. Nomura noted that this was an inauspicious day -- "They call it Thanksgiving" -- but he dutifully delivered the message. It said the U.S. must...
Many doctors are urging the government to restore funding for the old TB- control programs and even revive sanatoriums so that infectious patients may be quarantined during their treatment. Cuts in such programs may have laid the groundwork for the recent outbreaks. "We've not been too wise over the...
"I think he has very sensible, mainstream views about monetary policy and will push for policies that will restore growth," Carliner said.