Topic - Dwight D. Eisenhower

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  BOOK REVIEW: 'The Presidents Club'

  In this well-written and highly readable account of presidential interrelations, we're told by Time magazine veterans Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy that the idea for what they call "The Presidents Club" was born at the end of World War II, when Harry S. Truman tapped Herbert Hoover to lead the effort to stave off starvation in Europe.

• Oldest former major leaguer turns 101 in Cuba

  Conrado Marrero can still remember the crisp feeling of slipping on his Washington Senators uniform, and the surge of adrenaline he got staring down Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams and other major league batters. But the diminutive right-hander's glory days are a world _ and a revolution _ away.

• Oldest former major leaguer turns 101 in Cuba

  Conrado Marrero can still remember the crisp feeling of slipping on his Washington Senators uniform, and the surge of adrenaline he got staring down Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams and other major league batters. But the diminutive right-hander's glory days are a world _ and a revolution _ away.

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  Ike's granddaughter seeks fresh start for memorial

  The granddaughter of Dwight D. Eisenhower told a congressional subcommittee Tuesday that the design process for creating a national memorial to the World War II general and president should begin again from scratch.

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  Dispute over Eisenhower memorial

  A dispute over a memorial design featuring a statue of President Eisenhower as a barefoot boy is threatening to delay construction of a national memorial to the 34th president and leader of the Allied forces in World War II.

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  Obama meets young scientists and greets British PM

  President Obama will meet with high school scientists and welcome the British prime minister to the United States on Tuesday.

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  New images fail to win over critics of Eisenhower memorial

  As critics of a planned monument to Dwight D. Eisenhower object to everything from its giant scale to its depiction of the Cold War president and famed World War II general as a "barefoot boy from Kansas," new images and documents reveal other key elements overshadowed by the furor and show how the controversial project developed.

• New images show Ike's DC memorial amid criticism

  As critics of a planned monument honoring Dwight D. Eisenhower object to everything from its giant scale to its depiction of the Cold War president and famed World War II general as a "barefoot boy from Kansas," new images and documents released to The Associated Press reveal other key elements overshadowed by the furor and show how the controversial project developed.

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  Campaign laughs and history on view at D.C.'s Newseum

  Tina Fey's red suit, flag pin and eyeglasses worn to channel her Sarah Palin parodies of the 2008 presidential race are going on view at the Newseum, along with items from journalists and candidates who made history in presidential politics.

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  RUANE: Getting America moving means more roads

  In today's Washington, transportation funding has become just another political football. It's been 28 months since the last law expired, and Congress, driven by bitter partisan bickering, has failed to agree to a new one.

• Publisher John Sargent Sr. dies in NYC at age 87

  John Turner Sargent Sr., a publisher, editor and socialite who as CEO of Doubleday worked with authors from Dwight Eisenhower to Stephen King and helped recruit his friend Jacqueline Kennedy as an editor, died Sunday at age 87.

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  BOOK REVIEW: 'Reagan on War'

  After World War II, the United States veered from one strategic military policy to another. The "mutual assured de- struction" of President Eisenhower and the Dulles brothers gave way to the "graduated escalation" of Robert McNamara during the Vietnam era.

• Sam Vaughan, editor and author, dead at age 83

  Sam Vaughan, a longtime editor and publisher at Random House and Doubleday who worked with Dwight D. Eisenhower, Duke Ellington and many others has died. He was 83.

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  Flip-flop cop: Young video researcher keeping GOP candidates honest

  Picture this: Newt Gingrich discussing national health care, arguing for wealth redistribution and an individual insurance mandate, all while sitting next to Hillary Clinton, the whole discussion caught on videotape. A sneaky, fact-fudging attack ad, unleashed by a rival presidential contender or enemy super PAC? Not exactly.

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