US, Russia sign Syria air safety deal but keep quarreling over war aims

30, 1963, at the urging of President John F. Kennedy after Moscow and Washington narrowly averted nuclear warfare during the Cuban Missile Crisis 10 months earlier. “We have a line of communication on the ground that serves as a backup and provides ...

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