"We're not being responsible public servants if we don't explain the history that underpins these battles. You can't possibly understand Gettysburg without understanding why these armies were at each other's throats."
–Dwight Pitcaithley, chief historian, National Park Service
This winter, U.S. News & World Report photographer Jim Lo Scalzo drove the length of the U.S.-Mexican border from El Paso, Texas, to San Diego, Calif.
(3/10/06)
Yemen, an impoverished Muslim nation on the Arabian Peninsula, became a surprising U.S. ally in the wake of September 11. A look at the country and its people
(3/3/06)
