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The Confederate flag of the 7th Virginia Infantry Army of Northern Virginia Obverse captured at the Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., in July 1863 by the 82nd New York Infantry.

What is it about presidents' second terms that makes them seem so scandal-ridden? Simple: The iron law of longevity.

Come on, Eagle – let's get our headline facts straight. Obama did not fire the IRS chief.

President Bill Clinton walks to the White House Rose Garden to deliver a statement on the impeachment inquiry on Dec.

Those are the urgent questions Republican leaders face. Their answers depend on a third question: What do they hope to accomplish? It would be so easy to succumb to glee.

Mr. President, every month since you've been in office, I've sent you a personal letter, as I have with every president since Bill Clinton.

Wow, when you have Forehead, agreeing with the Tea Party, then you know the IRS scandal is a very serious problem for big government-loving, liberals.

A few weeks ago, a Monmouth University/Asbury Park Press poll was taken to gauge whom New Jerseyans view as their favorite president.

TEST Your Patriotism with the Intelligence Centre Inc., New York, and stand a chance to win a scholarship worth $495! We'd avoid Nikita Khrushchev, who looks the easier draw due to lack of hair and rounded throat.

The third book of Rick Atkinson's World War II trilogy tells the stories of the generals and the GIs in the Allied armies' final sweep across Western Europe.

Daughters of Charity, a nursing order, tended to men wounded at Battle of Gettysburg.

The state took control of the district yesterday because of fiscal woes. Turner has a long resume of school work, including in the fiscal distress unit of the state department.

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, who is on a working visit to the U.S., awarded St.

Simon Calder is Travel Editor at Large for The Independent, writing a weekly column, various articles and features as well as filming a weekly video diary.

On March 8, the Supreme Court suspended the license of state Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson for nonpayment of dues.

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu recently visited Diyarbakir, the most important Kurdish city in Turkey's troubled Southeast.

The sudden deluge of scandal which dominates the discussion around President Obama's administration at the moment has handed a golden opportunity to Republicans.

Rochester Secondary College students visited the Jewish Holocaust Centre in Melbourne last week and came back with greater knowledge about how the Jewish people suffered while Hitler was in power in Nazi Germany.

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The theme of presidential leadership is a venerated one in America, the subject of many biographies and an enduring mythology about great figures rising to the occasion.