Some Congressional Republicans are calling the newly-established Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government the modern-day "Church Committee," a reference to the historic 1975 committee chaired by Idaho Senator Frank Church that investigated intelligence abuses. But those familiar with Church's work say the nickname is misappropriated.
Some Congressional Republicans are calling the newly-established Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government the modern-day "Church Committee," a reference to the historic 1975 committee chaired by Idaho Senator Frank Church that investigated intelligence abuses. But those familiar with Church's work say the nickname is misappropriated.
The so-called "Christmas Truce of 1914" is nearly mythological. But indeed, on Christmas Day, 1914 a German soldier stepped out into what was known as “No Man’s Land,” the narrow patch of battlefield between the many trenches, holding opposing troops, and began to sign “Stille Nacht (Silent Night).”