Commentaries by Mary Wareham

The US Says Landmines are Horrific—So Why Won’t It Ban Them?

April 19, 2014 07:17:00 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Mary Wareham of Human Rights Watch discusses the US use of landmines and the possibility of the US joining the Mine Ban Treaty... Since antipersonnel landmines were banned by a majority of nations 15 years ago via...

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First UN Security Council meeting

On January 17, 1946, the United Nations Security Council held its first meeting.

President Clinton testified in the Paula Jones case

On January 17, 1998, President Bill Clinton answered questions posed by lawyers for sexual harassment plaintiff Paula Jones, becoming the first American president to testify as a defendant in a lawsuit.

Review the full text of President Clinton's deposition.