“Rex Tillerson will have the most demanding and complex agenda to face a secretary of state in a very long time,” said R. Nicholas Burns, a Harvard professor and career foreign service…
Donald Trump is going to be the 45th President of the United States. Aziz Ansari wrote an opinion piece for the New York Times with a stark claim that Donald Trump is not fit to be president. The article is grounded in emotional appeal, racial tension, and attacks on the candidate. The first and most obvious...…
This article is about the 43rd U.S. President George W. Bush, It will be discussing the challenges, and effects of his presidency. An example of one of his challenges was the 9/11 attack. His response to the attack was to announce the war of Terror, and International Military Campaign which included the War in Afghanistan all launched in the same year as the 9/11 attack. In came the war in Iraq which was launched in 2003. Read on to find out more facts about the 43rd president of the U.S.…
Part 1: Choose eight events from the lesson. Complete the following chart by using information from the lesson and putting it into your own words.…
“Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” J.F.K wrote this quote in admiration of his country. Pat Tillman showed great similarity in J.F.K’s cite. While he was an extraordinary developed man, he was a very bright young student as well. Pat Tillman was born on November 6, 1976. Pat played football in high school and he ended up winning a scholarship to attend Arizona State University. With his committed mind he was selected in the seventh round of the 1988 NFL draft by the Arizona Cardinals. After the horrific 9/11 attacks he was moved and turned down his contract with the Cardinals to enlist in the army. Pat Tillman was a man with an extraordinary amount of determination, a strong mind, and had a distinct strong work ethic.…
Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden lived from 1957 until his death in 2011. He was the founder of Al Qaeda, the jihadist organization responsible for the attacks on the United States and numerous other mass casualty attacks against civilian and military targets. For many years he was public enemy number one, and the most wanted man in the world. He was a member of the wealthy Saudi bin Laden family, and an ethnic Yemeni Kindite. He was a very tall man who stood about 6’ 6”, and weighed approximately 160 pounds. He had an olive colored skin complexion, with brown hair and brown eyes, and for the most part always grew a long untrimmed beard.…
President Gerald Ford received a football contract from the Green Bay Packers and the Detroit Lions, but declined both offers…
As a fifth generation Texan, Governor Rick Perry has taken an extraordinary Texas journey, from a tenant farm in the rolling West Texas plains to the governor’s office of our nation’s second largest state.Texas’ 47th governor, and the first Texas A&M graduate to occupy the Governor’s Mansion, Rick Perry has led a life of public service, starting in the United States Air Force and continuing over two decades in elected office.Governor Perry’s administration has focused on creating a Texas of unlimited opportunity and prosperity by improving education, securing the border and increasing economic development through classic conservative values. Under Governor Perry’s leadership, lawmakers concluded the most recent legislative session with a balanced budget, a tax cut for 40,000 small businesses in Texas and billions of dollars in the Rainy Day Fund…
As we all know the mastermind of Osama Bin Laden was behind plenty of terror attacks to what we all call home, and the destruction from 9/11. In which the tragedy was unexpected, as all are, plenty of innocent lives were taken and devastation was placed in hearts. Yet, to this day, many questions still float around in the minds of Americans and the media as well. Everyone wants to know the reasoning behind such a cowardly act and why were situations extended beyond meanings.…
Humans did not kill Osama Bin Laden, intelligence did. Osama Bin Laden the believed leader of the terrorist group Al-Qaeda, was assassinated during a raid on May 2nd 2011. Osama Bin Laden conspired many attacks against the US during his reign as leader of Al-Qaeda. He was the one who planned the three fatal attacks on September 11th 2001, also known as 9/11. Osama Bin Laden was responsible for the death of over three thousand people, ranking him as the number one most wanted terrorist in the world. The assassination of Osama Bin Laden codenamed Operation Neptune Spear, was a mastermind plan that took several years to construct. One critical idea people seem to forget when they think of the death of OBL, is the brilliant use of US intelligence…
The 21st century dawned on a completely different presidency compared to one produced at the conclusion of the 1700s. Constitutional provisions confined early presidency, even though celebrities of the very first three George Washington, Steve Adams, and Thomas Jefferson — formed it in to a more powerful place by early 1800s. But, through the entire 1800s before 1930s, Congress was the principal part of the national government. Then, before seventy decades roughly, the total amount of energy has moved significantly, so the government part presently has at the least equivalent capacity to the legislative branch. How did that change occur?…
The national security counsel is made up of different secretaries, aides, and advisors. This is the main assembly in which the President uses information given to them on matters concerning foreign policy and homeland defense. The Secretary of State is the main diplomat in the assembly; their position is reliant on international affairs knowledge and diplomatic relations. This is an important position in today’s cabinets because of growing hardline relations between other hopeful superpowers. The Secretary of State and their diplomatic skills work closely with the Secretary of Defense and their skills of homeland defense. A cooperative relationship is key to success in foreign relations and homeland defense since these are the first advisory roles to the President in those regards. Another key member of the counsel is the National Security Advisor; this role has traditionally set the tone for NSC for the President. The position is regarded as having a special relationship with the President and comes with direct access. The NSC advisor is the Presidents senior aide and chairs meetings between the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State in the absence of the President. The role is a staff position and does not require congressional approval, the uniqueness of the role must be maintained and the position cannot overcloud the Secretaries.…
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The Volkswagen Beetle body style was commissioned by Adolf Hitler, one of the world’s worst dictators (“History of the 1949-1967 Volkswagen Beetle”).John Kerry’s first car in 1962 was a Volkswagen bug. Kerry was born on December 11, 1943, in Denver, Colorado. Kerry’s career in the military was very successful. While on a tour in Vietnam, Kerry was a gunboat officer. Kerry earned a bronze star, a silver star, and three purple hearts. After his military career, Kerry pursued a political career. Kerry was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1984 and was re-elected in 1990, 1996, 2002 and 2008. While serving, Kerry strongly encourages education, national security, and our environment and energy problems for the better of America.…
George W. Bush was born on July 6, 1946 in New Haven, Connecticut. His parents are George H. W. Bush Senior and Barbara Bush. George was raised in Houston, Texas. He had five siblings Neil, Jeb, Marvin, Dorothy, and Robin. Robin died from leukemia when she was three years old in 1953. George was also the oldest out of the kids in his family. George Bush went to school Kinkaid School, which is a private school, for Elementry and Middle School. Then in high school he went to Phillips Academy, which is an all boy’s private high school in Andover, Massachusetts. He played baseball there and while he was a senior he was the head cheerleader. Then George went to Yale University from 1964 to 1968. He received his Bachelor’s degree in history. While he was a college senior he became a member of the Skull and Bones society.…