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More Troops to Afghanistan

power in the region (Obama, 2009). Unfortunately, as U.S. attention turned to Iraq (which Obama opposed from the outset), b...

Are Good Leaders Likely to be Tall?

In 1924, 1970 and 1976 the US elections for president were not won by the tallest candidate, in the others the tallest candidate h...

Personal Essays

career involved his presence in the Civil Rights Movement. He was a President who seemed concerned about injustice in the nation. ...

Peter J. Bensen

responsible for all financial issues at the company (PR Newswire, 2008). He is responsible "for the Accounting, Investor Relations...

Thematic Comparison of Gilgamesh with Current Events

of evil. Bush pursued his quest for immortality by invading the Middle East, first in Iraq in March of 2003, and then established...

Checks and Balances Since 9/11

things although it requires approval by both houses to enact any law. The Senate ratifies treaties and must approve any appointmen...

The Compromise of 1850 and the Dred Scott Case

was introduced and defeated; it would have "prohibited slavery in the newly-acquired territories" (Compromise of 1850, 2009). The ...

Johnson’s Veto of the Freedmen’s Bureau

the idea of moving to abandoned lands; in addition, white Southerners, as is well known, were not ready to accommodate the entry o...

Leadership Achievements of JFK

breathe new life into the ailing American space program, appealing to Uncle Sams love of competition. He made frequent references...

JFK and MLK Gone Too Soon

international community. Some of the wilder theories were that the Soviets were behind the shooting, and there were fears that it ...

Lincoln and His Odd Cabinet

The writer discusses Doris Kearns Goodwin’s book “Team of Rivals,” which describes President Lincoln’s cabinet. It was unusual in ...

Russia Under Putin

Putin has been methodical in the manner in which he has insured that Russias energy resources are under state control. Having acco...

Robert Dallek/FDR & American Foreign Policy, 1932-1945

the behind the scenes confrontations between the American leaders who shaped domestic and foreign policy during this crisis period...

Logical Fallacies: Bush Rhetoric On Terrorism

popular time in United States history, inasmuch as 911 proved to divide an already agitated homeland. Bushs speech attempted to p...

Should the President Be Able to Wiretap Without a Warrant?

as long as the country faced terrorist threats" (NPR, 2007). It appears that the Bush Administration has been involved in such a...

The John F. Kennedy Assassination Conspiracy

seriously injured Governor Connally. One bullet passed through the Presidents neck; a subsequent bullet, which was lethal, shatte...

Truman and the Beginning of the Cold War

for this type of research, but in explaining Lefflers work, Trachtenberg has gone into substantial detail about Trumans policies, ...

Foreign or Domestic Policy: Which is Easier?

Behind" legislation and the new Medicare prescription drug coverage (Canes-Wrone, Howell and Lewis). In contrast, his foreign pol...

Richard Nixon: A Favorable View of a Complicated Man

fact that Nixons reign in the presidential office marked a critical point in history, that time when such qualities as honor and i...

CINDY SHEEHAN, GEORGE BUSH AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION

President Bush opted to simply avoid it, hoping the whole thing would go away (Independent, 2005). In a sense, the Bush administra...

American Political Thought: A Look at the Presidency of Ronald Reagan

did. He was so confident in his vision, that people automatically would trust in the things he said. In reviewing his stint as pr...

Don Benito Juarez

then continued his studies in law (Blancke, 1975). Seven years later, he had his degree in law and took his first job as an attor...

Presidential Persuasion

status provide bargaining advantage. The U.S. has a government where there is a sharing of power (Neustadt, 2008). That is, there ...

Vote for John Edwards

called for Congress to use it control of financing to stop escalation of the war effort in Iraq (Walsh, 2007). At that time, Edwar...

GEORGE BUSH AND HIS LEGACY

received negative response from allies (America, 2008). With little support from anyone, the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003 -- and with...

Critique of James G. Hollandsworth Jr.’s The Louisiana Native Guards: The Black Military Experience During the Civil War

alike despite their willingness to risk their lives in combat. But as the text illustrates, racial discrimination was unfortunate...

A Re-evaluation of the John Adams Presidency

The laws were not popular and while they had been reversed by Congress for the most part, or were simply not renewed, Adams was co...

The American Presidency

1789-1797, sought reelection only once and a two-term limit became traditional and was the national standard for 150 years (OConno...

Comparative Analysis of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher

by the end of the decade. After Ronald Reagans landslide victory over incumbent Jimmy Carter in November 1980, he promised to a...

Pinochet and the Chilean Revolution

was elected by a coalition of five political parties; the Communists and Socialists were the mainstays of this group, which "elect...