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  • Georgians greet U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Bryza

    America Stands with Georgia

    Georgians greet U.S. Special Envoy Matt Bryza in Tbilisi August 13 as the first U.S. Air Force cargo plane touches down with over $1 million in humanitarian aid. The United States and Europe are working for peace, says President Bush, urging Moscow to halt military action in Georgia and honor its ceasefire commitments.

Quiz

  • America supports ASEAN's goal of establishing a common economic community:
    • A. By 2015
    • B. By 2010
    • C. In the next 2 years
    • D. By next year

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  • The United States broke diplomatic relations with Iran:
    • A. Five years ago
    • B. Ten years ago
    • C. In 1981
    • D. In 1979

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  • The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief delivers treatment to:
    • A. Nearly 5 million people
    • B. More than 1.7 million people
    • C. Less than 1 million people
    • D. About nine hundred thousand people

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    U.S. National Security Strategy

    The National Security Strategy, issued March 2006, aims to answer the challenges posed by the rise of terrorism and to lay the foundations for future peace. (See full text on the White House Web site.)

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This Day in U.S. History

  • August
    • 6
      • August 6, 1945

        At 8:15 a.m. local time, an American B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay, drops an atomic bomb named "Little Boy" over the center of the city of Hiroshima, Japan.
    • 11
      • August 11, 1993

        President Clinton appoints the first foreign-born chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army General John Shalikashvili.
    • 14
      • August 14, 1945

        President Truman announces that Japan has surrendered to the Allies, setting off celebrations across the nation.
    • 15
      • August 15, 1914

        After 10 years of construction, the Panama Canal officially opens for operation. This 50-mile waterway connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.