Washington

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In Zug, a stretch of rolling hills and lakes not much larger than Washington, D.C., finance minister Heinz Tännler spent years rolling out the red carpet for highly skilled foreigners.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

The Pentagon, located in northern Virginia just outside Washington DC, serves as the US Defence Department's headquarters, with more than 20,000 government employees working in the building.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Coast Guard Academy with a degree in mechanical engineering and later earned four advanced degrees, including a doctorate in systems engineering from George Washington University.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

Washington So it’d be like 007 with a question mark: 007?

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

I remembered those words when I came home from France and needed to find a job—that the switchboard operators in Washington were the best in the country.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse