Ich bin ein Berliner,'' John F. Kennedy proclaimed in 1963. Of communism's defenders, he roared, "Let them come to Berlin!'' Standing at the communist barrier dividing the same city 24 years later, ...

Walking around Berlin recently, the American visitor could be forgiven for thinking Germany was the 51st state in the Union — and that it would vote heavily for Senator Barack Obama on November 4.

WASHINGTON - Fifty years ago, a metaphor became concrete. Beginning on Aug. 13, 1961, along West Berlin's 27-mile border, the Iron Curtain became tangible in a wall of precast slabs of concrete. It ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! A 2 1/2 minute clip of President John F. Kennedy's anti-communist Cold War "Ich ben ein Berliner" speech on June 26, 1963 is shown, two years after ...

Freedom has many difficulties and democracy is not perfect, but we have never had to put a wall up to keep our people in, to prevent them from leaving us. I want to say, on behalf of my countrymen, ...

In this 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's first year as president of the United States, historians still consider his June 1963 Berlin speech a notable moment in the Cold War with Russia. At the ...

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John F. Kennedy waves goodbye to West Berlin as he boards Air Force One in 1963 - Bettmann/Getty Images Over 250 years of American history, there have been plenty of legendary presidential gaffes.

When John F. Kennedy visited Berlin in June of 1963, he saw the western side of the city for the first time from the Brandenburg Gate. The image moved him so deeply that he soon after declared his ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - German outrage over a secret U.S. Internet spying programme is building before a visit by Barack Obama next week, with senior members of Chancellor Angela Merkel's government ...