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The Presidency Of Dwight D. Eisenhower
Number of Words: 1472 / Number of Pages: 6
... was elected they
immediately made plans for cutbacks in the spending on these programs.
Unfortunately for them the newly elected president was not opposed to the
programs Truman had began and improved upon. Over the course of his
administration Eisenhower often did not hold the same opinions as some of
the members of his party.
As the Chief Economic advisor to the President of the United States
there are many different issues which I must consider. These issues are
both large and small, foreign and domestic, and affect the upper, middle,
and lower classes. At this point in time there are sever ...
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Impeachment Proceedings On Clinton
Number of Words: 596 / Number of Pages: 3
... who might run for office in the year 2000. Linda Tripp taped some of Monica Lewinsky’s phone messages. Paula Jones filed a sexual harassment report against Clinton.
It all started about fourteen months ago when Monica Lewinsky, a young intern in the White House, said she had an affair with President Clinton. On January 26, Clinton told the world that he did not have a sexual relationship with Monica Lewinsky. Soon after that the whole United States of America was talking about this. On August 17, Clinton said, “I did have a relationship with Ms. Lewinsky that was not appropriate.” This starte ...
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Why Do Governments Find It So Hard To Control Public Expenditure?
Number of Words: 2620 / Number of Pages: 10
... real income increases in
particular nations, they will spend a higher proportion of national product
through government. As Wagner's reasons for increased public expenditure tend
to be centralised around industrialisation and its associated effects it is not
surprising to find that he thought the density of urban living would increase
social frictions to such an extent that the government would be called in to
handle it. That is to say, urban living would result in the need for enhanced
police protection and other forms of government regulation. Wagner also
believed that with growing industry cert ...
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The Bush Administration's Relation With Iraq Prior To Iraq's Invasion Of Kuwait: Credibility And Misperception
Number of Words: 4306 / Number of Pages: 16
... of the
issues that faced the Administration as it tried to deal with the leader of the
largest economy of the Persian Gulf region.
The Bush Administration's relations with Iraq prior to its invasion of
Kuwait were clouded in a context of misperception by both states and further
complicated by a lack of credibility on the part of key actors of both sides as
well. This tragic sequence of events that led to the invasion of Kuwait cannot
solely be attributed to personality traits or even actions by key individuals
within the Administration. In retrospect, it is much more complex than that.
Howe ...
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What Role Should The U.S. Play In World Defense?
Number of Words: 2523 / Number of Pages: 10
... $4 billion dollars.
Since we won our independence from Great Britain in 1776, we as a
nation have been involved in 5 major wars since the turn of the century,
and ask yourself this question: How many of these wars directly affected
our own national security, and put the American people as a whole at great
risk? All of these wars have been fought on other soil, the United States
has not seen a war on our own soil since the Civil War, which ended in 1865.
This was an internal U.S. affair, which as you know, no foreign country got
involved with-at least not out in the open. I will briefly go throu ...
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Due Process V. Crime Control Model
Number of Words: 560 / Number of Pages: 3
... sentenced. From Miranda rights to the right of free council the steps must be followed in order to insure a fair trial for the accused. This process is well defined for everyone involved in the case. Although this process has steps that some may see as trivial, it must be followed in order to prosecute effectively.
Crime control method is at the other end of the spectrum of the law. Crime control model is based on the idea that some of the accused are obviously guilty and however the evidence is obtained is irrelevant as long as the right subject is imprisoned. The model is time and cost effecti ...
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The Inevitable Inequality In Modern Democracy
Number of Words: 1596 / Number of Pages: 6
... disparity and inequality exist. (Chomsky 1994)
A known phrase from the American Declaration of Independence states that ‘all men are created equal.’ This statement assumes that at birth we all enter the world with the same abilities and that it is our environment in life that shapes what kind of people we will eventually become. Thus, it is arguable that because all men are created equal, all men have the equal opportunity to succeed, at least in today’s modern times. The reason that economic disparity surfaces is because some do not choose the path of education and thus create a difference in s ...
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The Importance Of Theoretical Frameworks For Understanding Foundations Of Political Science
Number of Words: 1120 / Number of Pages: 5
... nation if there was conflict rather than a
consensus. Madison points out in Federalist #10 that citizens would be divided
into many factions that would compete for benefits. The chief cause of division
when Madison wrote this was economics in origin, but now race has emerged as a
major factor in dividing American society. Robert Dali founder of Pluralism
modernizes Madison's theory into theory of American democracy to incorporate
into the theory of pluralism.
Pluralism explains minority group politics in a process that attempts to show
the strength of groups in the minority. In pluralism the th ...
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Atomic Diplomacy
Number of Words: 1776 / Number of Pages: 7
... for the policy of containment. Nuclear weapons were part of an integrated system of containment and deterrence. Truman told Kennen in early 1947 that, "Our weapons of mass destruction are not fail-safe devices, but instead the fundamental bedrock of American security".
They were never intended as first strike weapons and had no real tactical value. The bomb is purely strategic, and its value comes not from its destructive capabilities, but from its political and psychological ramifications. Kennen was never naive enough to view the bomb as an offensive weapon. In his long memorandum "The Internation ...
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Gun Control
Number of Words: 1414 / Number of Pages: 6
... sportsmen for hunting, trapshooting, and target shooting,” this was a reply from Dolan to an English visitor to America, who was astonished by the figures of firearms (7). “I’d say that the United States is an armed camp,” said the English visitor (Dolan 7). In despondence to Dolan’s defending the millions of guns owned by citizens for protection or sport, the Englishman said, “One hundred and fifty million guns. It doesn’t matter what they’re used for. I they’re loaded someone’s bound to get hurt.”(Dolan 7-8). America has one of the highest death rates due to guns, however, gun deaths are on the ris ...
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