The 1991 Gulf War was seen as the start of an age of peace, but paved the way for much future conflict.
For nearly six decades, journalist Alistair Cooke provided the BBC’s English-speaking audiences around the world with insights into US culture and politics.
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The veteran British journalist explained America to English-speaking listeners around the world.
Women and men sitting with baby carriages in 1916 in front of The Sanger Clinic in Brooklyn, considered the first Planned Parenthood clinic.
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The Trump administration’s proposal to block federally funded organizations from providing comprehensive reproductive health care will deprive millions of people access to sexual health services.
George HW Bush during his successful 1988 election campaign.
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George H.W. Bush, who has passed away aged 94, was US president when the world began grasping the climate issue in earnest. But he was pivotal in setting the US on a course of blocking climate action.
President George H.W. Bush in 1990.
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Though his education initiative staggered while he was in office, the late former President George H.W. Bush had an influence that continues to shape education policy, an education historian says.
Elder statesman: George H W Bush with the former first lady in 2008.
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‘He had the ability to make you think he was addressing you personally, even if you were one among 10,000 others.’
Unlike every president who followed him, George H.W. Bush had a background in foreign policy. In 1972, Bush was serving as U.S. ambassador to the U.N.
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The first President Bush had some impressive foreign policies wins, but could he be best remembered for getting the US entangled in Iraq?
Unlike every president who followed him, George H.W. Bush had a background in foreign policy. In 1972, Bush was serving as U.S. ambassador to the U.N.
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Professor at the School of International Service and Visiting Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations, American University School of International Service