Sixty years ago, there were two universally known sex symbols in the West: Marilyn Monroe in America and Bridget Bardot in France. Most millennials have heard of Marilyn Monroe, if for no other reason than the scandals with the Kennedy brothers. But my admittedly anecdotal experience leads me to believe that few Americans under the age of 40 know of Bridget Bardot.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A State Department official deliberately cut several minutes of videotape from a news briefing dealing with sensitive questions about U.S.-Iranian nuclear negotiations before posting the footage to its website and YouTube, the agency said Wednesday.
In the Dec. 2, 2013, briefing, a reporter asked about the department's denial earlier that year of secret talks between Washington and Tehran. Those discussions had been periodically occurring and eventually led to a breakthrough, seven-nation nuclear deal.
