Gerald Ford

The Intelligence Committee is a select committee; it specializes in, and is responsible for, the oversight of intelligence activities and programs of the United States (GovTrack). Their prerogative is to ensure that the intelligence activities of the United States are within constitutional law. In order to execute and enforce this objective, they propose legislation and provide legislative oversight. Due to its importance, this committee is present in both the House and Senate (GovTrack). The…

At the time of Motanga's alleged rise to boss, a March 2009 article in the New York Post claimed that the Bonanno family consisted of approximately around 130 non-imprisoned "made"(Editors, 2015) members. Montagna was shortly then deported to Canada in April 2009 which left the family to create a ruling board of members until a new boss could be chosen. They chose to not follow any orders from Vincent Basciano since he was appointed by Massino who had turned rat to the FBI. They could no longer…

In the world of politics and governments, there will always be corruption banging on the door. Political corruption has been ruining America for years. America could easily avoid corruption by electing the correct president and by throwing out the ones who are corrupt that are in office. The media needs to open up and inform the public about the scandals and sleazes that the politicians are involved in. The problem is that the media hides every little secret, especially for those who share their…

In November, 1946, Kennedy was elected to the House of Representatives. Then after serving three terms, he was elected to the Senate after defeating Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., in November, 1952. Ten months later, on September 12, 1953, JFK married Jacqueline Bouvier. Jacqueline, or “Jackie,” graduated from George Washington University and met Senator John Kennedy at a dinner party in Georgetown while working as a journalist and photographer. Their first child, Caroline Bouvier Kennedy, was born on…

Rick Perlstein Nixonland takes us back to the 1960’s and 1970’s in America, during the time of Richard Nixon. Through times of riots happening in Los Angeles which were the Watts riots to America being divided within. Richard Nixon did not have an easy life with family hardships, and the death of two brothers it was not easy for Nixon. At school Nixon was a very good at debating which he became the Debate Team president, and the only way to his father’s attention which Perlstein wrote “the…

On January 19, 1913, Richard Milhous Nixon was born into a Quaker home in Yorba Linda, California (Aronson 8). He attended East Whittier High School and joined the debate team, eventually becoming one of the school’s best debaters. His teacher noted that Nixon “had this ability to kind of slide around an argument instead of meeting it head-on” (Barr 12). His senior year, Nixon ran for president of his class. He lost the election, and in his memoirs, he would refer to this as his first political…

“Cheerful”, “invigorating”, “large-hearted magnanimity” - these are the remarks Margaret Thatcher delivers to the American people in her eulogy honoring their former president and her close friend, Ronald Reagan. Her familiar tone, repetition, and use of juxtaposition help commemorate Reagan's life and legacy: hard work and devotion towards his country. In the passage, Thatcher begins with “ We [the American citizens and herself] have lost great president, a great American, and a great man”.…

In 1968, Richard Nixon won the election of President and took over a country embroiled in a fierce containment of Communism, and an ongoing war in Vietnam. Once in office, Nixon began to establish himself differently than his predecessors. Nixon who would work closely with his top advisor, Kissinger, set out to redefine American foreign policy. There were three major foreign policies that Nixon and Kissinger established, which began to “cool” off the heated Cold War. The first of these…

Form the Town Hall interview on Fox News with Donald Trump and Sean Hannity, many great topics were discussed. As the interview started, Trump was asked by Hannity, how he is a common sense consecutive? Trump’s answer was that, he declared himself as a common sense consecutive because he always care about the military, he believe on a fair and stable health care, and also believe on a fair budget. In addition, he said, one can take an example on his company. It is a stable company with a very…

Richard Milhous Nixon was born on January 9, 1913 in Yorba Linda, California and attended Whittier College then Duke University School of Law before joining a law firm in his hometown. He first started in the House of Representatives in 1946 then moved on to being Vice President for eight years for President Eisenhower (Richard-Foundation), but we all know him as the 37th president of the United States serving from 1969 to 1974. He first ran for president in 1960, but lost to John F. Kennedy by…