What is the government doing for Homeland Security?Recently President Bush announced a bill for The Department of Homeland Security. The new Department is the consolidation of agencies such as The Coast Guard, The Immigration and Naturalization Services, The Transportation Security Agency and many o...

Cyber-SecurityReview and SummaryCondoleezza Rice, President George W. Bush's national security advisor said," The very technology that makes our economy so dynamic and our military forces so dominating also makes us more vulnerable."Recently, President Bush proposed $37.7 billion for Homeland Defens...

The articles chosen for this assignment have been written to inform the U.S. citizens thatthere is an aviation-security bill being debated. The aviation-security bill would help toensure a persons safety while at the airport and in the air. The bill would change the wayairport security would be ra...

To Secure These Rights To Secure These Rights played a great role in United States history. This book exceeded civil rights activists' highest expectations. During a time when men were coming back from World War two. An African American man could go and die for his country but he still h...

While the American government is often admired for its democratic policies and freedoms established there, there are still problems that exist. In terms of civil liberties, the United States of America represents a great system, but it's when these freedoms are compromised to ensure the nation&...

The Patriot Act enacted by Congress post September 11th emerged as government's reaction to combat and prevent terrorism in the United States, by maintaining Homeland Security. The attack on the World Trade Center on September 11th sparked a new fear of terrorism in America. Society called for ...

On February 2nd at precisely 9:00 p.m. president George W. Bush gave the annual state of the union speech to Congress and the Americas people. Bush has many plans for our country in the next four years. Some of which are among social security, cutting our deficit, and man more. When President Bush...

9/11: What has Changed in Three Years The day of September 11, 2001, is a day that many will never forget. Some lost jobs, some lost loved ones, some lost lives. America has been trough a lot of changes since that fateful day. We have went to war, we have became more patriotic, and we have i...

REGO: Reinventing the GovernmentWhen president Clinton was elected as our president he wasn't only made head of one of the most powerful countries in the world but was also made responsible for taking the U.S out of its trillion-dollar debt. In order to eliminate this debt President Clinton and VP G...

I feel that the State of the Union Address was filled with omissions and misrepresentations. Mr. Bush has many mirrors that don't show the true picture. He remind me of the carnival when you have the mirrors that make you look tall or skinny even ones that make you look fat. Just look into on...

Overview On March 15, 2008, New York Times writer Eric Lichtblau wrote an article, "House Votes to Reject Immunity for Phone Companies Involved in Wiretaps". The main focus of this article was the controversy surrounding the use of phone tapping, or the secret activity of monitoring...

In the past year The United States of America was hit with three plaques. These plaques affected American life and its citizens to a certain extent. The American people are experiencing fear, a lack of security and, freedom which they once took for granted. These events made life uneasy, uncomfortab...

John Adams was educated and thoughtful; he was more of a philosopher rather than a politician. He had thoughts about how to run the United States government that provoked the nation. Adams believed in a government that would promote happiness and security, as well as a government that gave the ...

On Sunday, President Bush\'s administration pledged \"zero tolerance\" if Saddam Hussein refuses to comply with the international call for him to disarm. A revised UN Security Council resolution demands Iraq to do away with its weapons of mass destruction. The resolution also calls for Saddam Hussei...

American Foreign Policy During World War One and Two the American foreign policy has changed. It went from isolation to internationalism. Why? In my opinion it has different reasons. One reason why the United States isolated itself was because they had, and have, no proximity to other great pow...

President George Bush and Senator John Kerry are the two key running mates for this year's race to the White House. Bush and Kerry differ on many issues, some big and some small. They differ on how the economy should be handled, energy and environmental issues, health care matters, national security...

Presidential elections have taken place every four years for more than two hundred years. This year is no exception. The forerunners in the 2000 elections are Governor George Bush (Republican) and Vice President Al Gore (Democrat). These candidates have strong and different views on many issues...

The Federal government affects my parents' employers' business more than any other level of government. My dad works for a small research company call Stolle Milk Biologics. The first way it is affected is with taxes. The business has to pay taxes on many things. For Instance, property...

Changes in the Foreign Service Since February 8, President Clinton has appointed nine foreign ambassadors. The countries included in these appointments are Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname, Australia, Bangladesh, Poland, Kyrgz Republic, Mongolia, and Laos. These individuals have degrees from Yale, Harva...

Woodrow Wilson and His Commitment to Peace War does not always have the simple goal of killing as many of the enemy as you can. The motives behind war are often complex and not always vicious attempts to gain power. Often times a nation must enter a war to secure peace in the future. This was ...

Essay Question #1 What was the Sherman Anti-Trust Act? How was it used during the Presidency of Roosevelt? During the 19th century the emergence of what we now call the "economy" was born. Prior to 1840 there were really no such thing as "big business". The first real "bi...

Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal did indeed represent a radical departure from previous American traditions in government and political economy. The New Deal marked the end, at least for that time and up to the present, of the dedication to laissez-faire government which, to varying degrees, had bee...

Terrorism Since the disastrous day of September 11, 2001, the United States as well as the rest of the world has been changed indefinitely by senseless acts of terrorism. These acts have gravely impacted the lives of so many people world wide and especially here at home in the USA. From that...

The Republican Party of today is pro-business, pro-tax cuts, and pro-defense. The Republican Party claims these \"issue labels\" is the reason why individuals should be a Republican. However, the Republican Party has come a long way from these present day labels. It is historically known as the pa...

Address to a Joint Session of Congress and the American People The motives behind the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 remained unclear to many people throughout the world. Shortly after the attacks waged upon New York, Washington and Pennsylvania, President George W. Bush delivered his...