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President with the consent of the Senate, and is considered as the member of the Cabinet and the National Security Council. Holder works mostly with civilian and troop advisers to create American military policies and make foreign policy suggestions to the President. This position related to what is usually known as a Defense Minister in other countries. President Barack Obama appointed Chuck Hagel for the Secretary of Defense, and he was confirmed by the U.S. Senate the following month. His…

Smith’s Urgent Declaration Throughout the 1950’s, a Red Scare movement caused mass panic among Americans, led by the Senate accusing innocent citizens of supporting communism, which ruined the careers and lives of many. The Republican minority attacked the Democratic administration during this movement, criticizing the government for its lack of strong leadership. In her “Declaration of Conscience,” Margaret Chase Smith pressures the current administration to improve its leadership through the…

Each individual has a unique set of personality traits that determines how they behave, solve problems and interact with others. Understanding these traits can help each individual have more self-knowledge and by doing so increasing personal success. Learning about our personality type and the type of others, makes us understand why people react differently in different situations; it also least us observe that we are predisposed to certain specific abilities and inclinations. According to Dr.…

representation of citizen’s demands, the Legislative branch of government was formed. The Legislative branch is a “Bicameral Legislature consisting of Senate and House of Representatives.”(p53) While these two chambers serve a different constituency, the members of both House and Senate are elected directly by the people. Both the House and the Senate are designed to form legislation that responds to the demands of political actors outside of government. These demands are inputs, and the…

Under the Articles of Confederation, written in 1777, the United States of America was in dire need of a strong centralized power and a more structured government. 55 delegates rallied to this need and started the Philadelphia Convention, where the motive was to form a better government that would meet the needs of its people. With this motive in mind, the Constitution of the United States was drafted, but there was still a long road till it was signed into law in 1788. In order to make the…

A Progressive Era Essay The progressive movement evolved from the civil war as many felt that America was going through a crisis of democracy. Many Progressive politicians felt it was their moral virtue to bridge the gap between the rich and poor by breaking up big businesses, promote democracy through direct election of senators. They believed thus actions would offer prosperity with all individuals, preferably white individuals. The progressive era proved successful with many of its…

. Here in the states, the topic as of late is the constitution; whether ratification of the document should happen, or whether it should not be ratified. The year is 1788 and the debate about the ratification of the U.S constitution is quite the topic among everyone including everyday citizens, in which everyone has an opinion on the topic, myself included. The U.S has the articles of confederation in place however, state delegates believed that the articles where weak, and something needed to…

Contrary to Clinton, Obama plan failed due to the disapproval of Senate because they were in disaccord with the way to reduce the deficit by increasing taxes on high income people and household, and reducing government spending which would also hurt people with lower income. Then, Obama and Congress create a "super committee"…

and when there is an information there, they are often ambiguous. Most unfortunate even if we attempt to analyze a situation it happens routinely that we come off as different analysis and different interpretation of the situation. President, the Senate and the vice president are the three most important people who makes the final decision for our country. They must have run into disagreements when they are in the process of making rational decisions all together. They all have made a rational…

The Democratic presidential nomination is up for grabs and two candidates are campaigning for the Democrats’ votes in order to stand against the Republican nominated candidate, Donald Trump. The two candidates campaigning are Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. Unlike Donald Trump, both have made a successful career in politics. They have similar views on some issues but the small differences that set them apart are what matters. It is vital for the Democratic party to nominate the right…