"In Asia-It's Ike 'By a Landslide,' " a headline appearing in the Dec. 21, 1959 issue of U.S.News & World Report, captured the unexpectedly warm welcome Eisenhower received as the first American chief executive to visit Asia. During his stay in New Delhi, throngs of nearly 2 million people turned out to catch a glimpse of him, surprising even the Indian leaders themselves. Upon his return to the United States, Eisenhower spoke of the crowds who gathered at the stops along his trip through Europe, Africa, and Asia saying ". . . I saw at close hand the faces of millions".
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
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