Does Homeland Security in the United States need increased funding? With current circumstances and on-going terrorist threats around the world, does the national security of the United States need more funding to protect its civilians? This paper argues that financial support of homeland security in the United States is of high importance and any necessary funds should be made for the cause. In 2016 alone, there have been multiple terrorist attacks, including the recent bombings in Brussels,…
provided on college campuses. If I was president of the United States, sanctuary cities would be on the top of my list for domestic policy.…
information network. The Soviet–Afghan War stated in a similar fashion to the US was in Vietnam and is sometimes mentioned as the Soviet Vietnam. The USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) along with many other world powers, to include the United States and The United Kingdom, had been making attempts to secure a foothold in the middle-east. The USSR had long been involved with the…
national authority. Hurricane Katrina revealed a fault in American politics. Although they had predicted the dangers, neither the federal government nor the state government was in command. The federal government had a duty to build and maintain dams and levees that would have lessened the impact of the hurricane, but they had failed. The state had asked Congress for money to improve their levees, but the results were never adequate. Both the…
"[t]he right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated […]." Ultimately, the government has no right to intervene in any private belongings of a United States citizen unless…
collects, analyzes, and examines information, mostly foreign and by way of Human Intelligence, to aid in protecting the nations national security. Let’s first being with how the Central Intelligence Agency became the agency they are today. Before the United States entered World War II, the Office of Coordination of Information, created in July of 1941, stood as the homelands non-departmental office for intelligence gathering during that time of peace. This changed once the U.S entered into World…
election of 1980 characterized a race between the following candidates: Ronald Reagan (for the Republican Party), Jimmy Carter (for the Democrat Party), and John B. Anderson (Independent), were running – at that time – for the presidency of the United States. During the period of time – and after – the president election of 1980, some democrats came to be recognized as “Reagan Democrats.” Democrats gave millions of pivotal suffrages to the Republican candidate. The charming and captivating –…
describes violence in the lines: There is no life to be found in violence. Every act of violence brings us closer to death. Whether it's the mundane violence we do to our bodies by overeating toxic food or drink or the extreme violence of child abuse, domestic warfare, life-threatening poverty,…
climate and global relations, Former President George H. W. Bush recently gave a speech in which he did exactly the opposite. In his speech entitled “The Spirit of Liberty: At Home, In the World,” the former President expressed his concern for the state of our nation and others around the globe; He did this not by blaming specific individuals or nations, but by stating his desire to improve the institutions of democracy and global markets. In expressing his views and specifically emphasizing a…
crime also began to increase. From financial crimes to violent crimes, people were becoming more creative criminals and there were not many ways to apprehend them or was there an effective way of enforcing the law. Crimes were being spread across state lines and across different countries. There were very few federal agencies to combat them and local law enforcement agencies were scarce and not very efficient. That would all soon change, when President Roosevelt designated Charles Bonaparte as…