Paul Brandus

White House Journalist

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Independent White House journalist, early stage VC. Worked: Moscow, network TV, Wall St., Foreign correspondent. 53 countries so far. t.co/8zeTed2NFS

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President now wheels down Annapolis; motorcade en route Naval Academy commencement
President boarded Marine One w/out saluting the Marine. He came back out, walked down, shook hands & engaged in brief chat
“Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?” -Abraham Lincoln
On This Day. George W. Bush & Russia's Vladimir Putin signed a sweeping nuclear arms reduction treaty (2002): westwingreports.com/on-this-day

On This Day

westwingreports.com — On This Day. 1956: Breaking with key allies, President Dwight Eisenhower condemned a British, French and Israeli attack on Egypt (the Suez Crisis) - and said the U.S. would not help them. As the world focused on the Suez Crisis, Soviet tanks rolled into Hungary to crush an uprising there.
On This Day. Richard Nixon hosted the biggest White House dinner ever - in honor of newly-freed Vietnam POWs (1973): westwingreports.com/on-this-day

On This Day

westwingreports.com — On This Day. 1956: Breaking with key allies, President Dwight Eisenhower condemned a British, French and Israeli attack on Egypt (the Suez Crisis) - and said the U.S. would not help them. As the world focused on the Suez Crisis, Soviet tanks rolled into Hungary to crush an uprising there.
On This Day. Chester Arthur dedicated an American marvel: the Brooklyn Bridge (1883): westwingreports.com/on-this-day

On This Day

westwingreports.com — On This Day. 1956: Breaking with key allies, President Dwight Eisenhower condemned a British, French and Israeli attack on Egypt (the Suez Crisis) - and said the U.S. would not help them. As the world focused on the Suez Crisis, Soviet tanks rolled into Hungary to crush an uprising there.
Everybody say aww: The first of #IRS furlough days (because of sequester cuts) is today
Rice said that the 1963 bombing - & racism in general - taught her to overcome adversity, and to be "twice as good" as non-minorities
Among those influenced by the Birmingham church bombing: future Secretary of State Condi Rice, who felt/heard the blast at her own church
The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in 1963 shocked the nation; it was one of the seminal moments of the Civil Rights era
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