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U.S. President Barack Obama receives flowers as he arrives at Noibai International Airport in Hanoi, Vietnam May 22, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 22, 2016 | World
U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday headed for his first visit to Vietnam, looking forward to transform an old enemy into a new partner to help counter China’s growing assertiveness in the region, following four decades of the Vietnam War. This visit is...
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US President Barack Obama (R) meets with Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington September 1, 2010. (REUTERS/Jason Reed)
by Adel Al Toraifi | Jan 23, 2013 | Opinion
In a telephone call between former United States President Lyndon B. Johnson and Senator Richard Russell (May 1964), the president admitted that the Vietnam War could be a protracted one and that he did not see any signs for a resolution on the horizon. Despite this,...