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The Carters and Their Work With Habitat for Humanity

" Another thing is that some of the projects that we undertake now, either in the Carter Center or through the Habitat for Humanit...

Portrait of a President

with church leaders to encourage them to help the poor and disadvantaged in their communities, and to end abortion. I am deeply sy...

The John F. Kennedy Assassination Conspiracy

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

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...

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, ...

Positive Changes: Bill Clinton

any individual from any perspective, while in the past there was a sense of privacy concerning Presidents. From another perspect...

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...

Why Thomas Jefferson Was a Great President

is a sincere form of flattery. Still, no living politician is compared with Jefferson on the whole. Few can even compare with the ...

Texas Southern University, Change Leadership

This case study focuses on Texas Southern University, which experienced a scandal that threatened the institution in 2006. The wri...

Martin Luther King Jr.: The Vietnam War 'Shot Down' the Great Society Envisioned by President Lyndon B. Johnson

actually put into practice what JFK preached in his New Frontier - equal rights for all citizens. Johnson seemed worthy of their ...

Andrew Jackson, His Presidency and Policies

had, or the worst, depending on ones point of view. This paper discusses why he was controversial, what he hoped to achieve, what ...

The 1950 Presidential Assassination Attempt

in an attempt to get past the guards (Benedetto, Donovan & Du Vall, 2003). What the plan was exactly was that each of the men woul...

Two Great Leaders

the 33rd President of the United States on April 12, 1945, 82 days after Franklin D. Roosevelts fourth election as President. John...

FDR and Pearl Harbor

The writer examines the claim that President Roosevelt knew the Japanese were going to attack Pearl Harbor, and in fact had maneuv...

Truman, China and the Korean War

The writer considers whether or not the breakout of the Korean War was a surprise to President Truman. There are two sources liste...

No Surprises for Truman

The writer argues that President Truman knew that the Chinese would assist North Korea in their attack on the South, and used that...

Presidents Lyndon Baines Johnson and Andrew Johnson

years after they left office, and at the time, there were no living presidents (Perry, 2003). Perry (2003) remarks: "Presidents An...

RISK ASSESSMENT AND CONTINGENCY PLANNING -- POTUS

In this paper, the writer is being asked to assume the President of the United States (POTUS) is giving a speech at her resort as ...

NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY AND OVERVIEW

According to the specific NSS document, the approach toward national security involves a better foundation for American leadership...

The Stance of the 2008 Presidential Hopefuls

in history, and made history as well, since the U.S. elected its first African-American president. The race was long and difficult...

Barack Obama and Dr. King and Continuing Hope

Luther King wrote a long and moving letter from his cell in the Birmingham, Alabama, jail. In 2007, Barack Obama gave a very movin...

Increasing Exports with the National Export Initiative

recovery, is still very far from robust. To improve the situation, President Obama announced a National Export Initiative, which h...

Condoleezza v. Barack Obama World View

America In the wake of 9/11 and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Rice begins her speech by summarizing the current dynamic...

President Bill Clinton's Don't Ask, Don't Tell

Armed Forces if one so desires. Furthermore, sexual orientation should not be used to restrict someone from doing any jo...

Covert Operations vs. the Traditional Military

Roosevelt; the Joint Chiefs were afraid that this man would convince FDR to give covert action precedence, which of course would t...

How Would American History Be Different Had John F. Kennedy Lived?

the Cold War. In other words, his stance was that he would take a hard line against Communism. He associated his name with those...

U.S. Military Steps Against Iraq

told reporters last Friday, although he added that he understood it is "very hard to fight a guerrilla war with conventional force...

Presidency of Teddy Roosevelt

National Monuments 1907 * Appoints the Inland Waterways Commission * Creates 4 more National Monuments: Cinder Cone; Lassen Peak...

Vietnam War and the Policies of President Richard Nixon and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger

For support, he look towards what he called the "silent majority" believing that they were really supporting his foreign policies,...

Finding Ways to Fight Terrorism

the acts and (2) why they commit the acts. It was one of our own citizens who planned and executed the Oklahoma City...