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Joseph Giordano, Surgeon Who Helped Save Reagan’s Life, Dies at 84

He had built one of the country’s leading trauma centers in Washington, which made it possible for his team to respond quickly after the president was shot.

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Dr. Joseph Giordano (seated at the table at far left) appeared with other surgeons at a news conference at George Washington University Hospital on April 3, 1981, four days after President Ronald Reagan had been admitted there for gunshot wounds.

Germany Wants Recruits. But ‘No One Wants Their Children in the Army.’

Given the country’s past, cultural resistance to becoming a soldier is high. Can leaders change minds to meet a changing world?

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Trying out a virtual reality headset at a German Army recruitment booth during a tech trade show in Berlin in May. Germany has committed to significantly expand its military.

Far-Right Party Tries to Expand Its Appeal in Germany’s West

To reach voters outside its Eastern heartlands, the AfD is putting a new gloss on its anti-immigrant message — while sticking with its agenda.

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Duisburg has long been at the heart of Germany’s steel industry. The site of one former steel plant is now an urban park.
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