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The Ukrainian army entered Russia’s Kursk region on August 6, capturing dozens of settlements in the biggest offensive by a foreign army on Russian soil since World War II.
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Alex Harring, CNBC, 18 Apr. 2025
Other military veterans who saw combat, including most of the seven post-Civil War presidents, as well as Harry Truman (World War I), and John F. Kennedy, Gerald Ford, and George H. W. Bush (World War II), proudly served and felt a strong bond with their former comrades in arms.
—Barbara A. Perry, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
The law had previously only been invoked three times in U.S. history, including during World War II, when it was used to justify the detention of noncitizens from Italy, Germany and Japan.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2025
After World War II, the camera had become portraiture’s primary tool.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
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Alex Harring, CNBC, 18 Apr. 2025
Other military veterans who saw combat, including most of the seven post-Civil War presidents, as well as Harry Truman (World War I), and John F. Kennedy, Gerald Ford, and George H. W. Bush (World War II), proudly served and felt a strong bond with their former comrades in arms.
—Barbara A. Perry, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
The law had previously only been invoked three times in U.S. history, including during World War II, when it was used to justify the detention of noncitizens from Italy, Germany and Japan.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2025
After World War II, the camera had become portraiture’s primary tool.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
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