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By the spring of 1950, the United States army had been reduced to an active force of 600,000. These wereber of scattered about the world on occupation duty. But the armed forces of the communists, soviet russia and red china, remained on a strong born time playing and in belligerent posture. Aggression was soon to come. America would be fighting against tyranny for the third time in 32 years. Korea. The crowded finger of land of the crowded finger of land of key importance to the free world in the far east. What happened here opened the next major chapter in the history of the United States army. The war began here at the 38th parallel. Just how does this imaginary line become the fuse for three years of explosion. Before the japanese surrender in world war ii, we made an agreement with the russians who were then our allies. When surrender came on the asian mainland, Russian Troops would accept the surrender of Japanese Forces north of the 38th parallel. And we would do the same south
Invent inventor, somebody that made a blood testing machine or something without checking it out first. When i first invited blake schull in 2016, i had doubts about his ability to build a super sonic airliner. After all, his previous job was at groupon and he thought he could build a 21st century concord. I talked to those in the know and he said he could do it because he assembled a dream team. So at the end of a 2016 segment im about to show you, i said to blake, come back when you have an actual airplane. Blake schull come back when you have an airplane. I believe in you. Goodness knows, elon musk did it and so many others. Blake is black. Im guessing the fact youre here almost exactly four years later, you built an airplane. We did. The xb 1. In 2016 we unveiled it in mockup form and today its a real airplane. It hasnt flown yet, though, right . You will fly it later . Well fly it next year. The rollout we had marks the hand off from building the aircraft to testing the aircraft.
A senior in the official in the pensacola testing positive for the virus turkey stopped for mass accuses armine of committing a war crime in azerbaijan as the border fights takes a toll on civilians from both sides a lifeline from mali the west African Regional bloc lifts economic sanctions that were imposed following a military coup. And 3 scientists awarded this years nobel prize for physics for their discoveries about one of the most mysterious objects in the universe. But we begin this news hour in kyrgyzstan a country gripped by political turmoil the Prime Minister has resigned now this comes right after the Election Commission in the old the. Early results of sundays vote weve also learned the speaker of the parliament has also resigns and this comes after a night of violence where protesters stormed the buildings there accusing the government of rigging the election in its favor protesters also freed former president. And other senior officials from jail president. Jeenbekov has