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THE GEORGE W. BUSH INSTITUTE LAUNCHES “FREEDOM SQUARE”
James K. Glassman, Founding Executive Director of the George W. Bush Institute, discusses the origins and goals of our new Freedom Square blog.
NORTH KOREA’S RAILROAD TO FREEDOM
Next July marks the 60th anniversary of the armistice that ended the Korean War. That conflict began in 1950, when the North Korean army crossed the 38th parallel to invade South Korea and entered Seoul, the capital, three days later. With more than one million losing their lives in the war, including 41,000 Americans killed or missing in action, it’s important that the record reflect the truth about the North’s attack.
THE LADY OF BURMA COMES TO WASHINGTON — AT LAST
Yesterday in Washington, Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi stood in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda to accept the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian honor Congress can bestow. The award had been waiting for Suu Kyi since 2008, when House and Senate leaders initiated legislation “in recognition of her courageous and unwavering commitment to peace, nonviolence, human rights, and democracy in Burma” and President George W. Bush signed it into law.