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Defend America on Saturday, November 14, 2009 8:08:26 PM
November 14,
1951
United States gives military and economic aid to communist Yugoslavia
In
a surprising turn of events, President Harry Truman asks Congress for
U.S. military and economic aid for the communist nation of Yugoslavia.
The action was part of the U.S. policy to drive a deeper wedge between
Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=2484
November 14, 1972
Nixon promises Thieu that U.S. will continue to support South Vietnam
One
week after his re-election, President Richard Nixon extends to South
Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu his "absolute assurance" that the
United States will "take swift and severe retaliatory action" if Hanoi
violates the pending cease-fire once it is in place.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1484
1979 - U.S. President Carter froze all Iranian assets in the United
States and U.S. banks abroad in response to the taking of 63 American
hostages at the U.S. embassy in Tehran, Iran.