National Guard of the United States

Navy and U.S. Army were established in the United States in 1775 to the Gulf War Era (1991) there have been 41,892,128 men and women who served this nation "(General Statistics on Veterans)." United States Census Bureau. United States Department of Commerce. Web. 29 Sept. 2015. As of 2013, 22,299,350 veterans are alive, and of those 721,575 live in the state of Illinois "Veteran Population 2014." United States Department of Veterans Affairs. United States Department of Veterans Affairs, 30…

approximately 44 homicides per day or 16,238 per year in the United States. Of those, 11,000 included death by firearm. According to the second amendment citizens of the U.S. have the right to bear arms. Even though the majority of deaths were by guns, “any gun control law would not prevent evil people from enacting their homicidal plans” (Farago 2015). More gun control legislation will leave people defenseless against burglars and national defense, subsequently leading to an increase of deaths.…

goes to other countries to see how other people are doing. They also are around the United States perimeter to make sure that no people from other countries sneak in to cause terrible crimes.On the battlefield, the military pledges to leave no soldier…

Europe, such as British Steel and French Usinor-Sacilor, have been state owned. In late industrializing countries state ownership was routine as part of their import substitution industrialization strategy. Steel Authority of India (SAIL) in India, Siderurgia Brasileira (SIDERBRAS) in Brazil, the highly successful Pohang Iron and Steel Corporation (POSCO) in South Korea, and China Steel Corporation (CSC) in Taiwan were all state-owned. The former Soviet Union, Eastern bloc countries, and China,…

“most ruthless dictator in Latin America.” However, there is another side to the story. Trujillo was the third son of a humble sheep herder and worked as a sugar plantation guard in his adolescent years. He enlisted in the United States Marines Corp during the U.S.’s occupation in the Dominican Republic. He built himself up to National Commander and claimed the presidency in 1930. Until his final years, he was beloved by the Dominican people and seen as a demi-god and savior. He was a man known…

permits states to develop approved plans as long as they cover public sector employees and they provide protection equivalent to that provided under Federal OSHA regulations. In return, the federal government pays a portion of the cost of the approved state program. Twenty-two states and territories operate plans covering both the public and private sectors and five — Connecticut, Illinois, New Jersey, New York and the US Virgin Islands — operate public employee only plans. In those five states,…

Edward Joseph Snowden (born June 21, 1983) is an American privacy activist, computer professional, former CIA employee, and former government contractor who leaked classified information from the United States National Security Agency (NSA) in 2013. The information revealed numerous global surveillance programs, many run by the NSA and the Five Eyes with the cooperation of telecommunication companies and European governments. (wikipedia, n.d.) Edward Snowden was working as a technical contractor…

on the Pacific coast of Central America, the Republic of El Salvador is the smallest and most densely populated amongst its neighboring nations. Formally under Spanish rule, El Salvador gained independence in 1821, following other Central American states during the beginning of the 19th century. Due to the colonization of El Salvador by Spain, Spanish reigns as the nation’s official language. Geographically, El Salvador shares its boarders with two neighboring countries; Honduras at its north…

In a democracy, the goal is to create an environment that fairly treats all people living under that governance. Guibernau states, “in the global age all democratic nationalisms ought to incorporate a further dimension to their traditional values. Their concern for the nation and fellow nationals should be accompanied by a clear commitment to the cosmopolitanism values of social justice, freedom and dialogic democracy” (p. 15). Cosmopolitanisms isn’t the belief…

alternative to running a country such as the United States and it was proven weak after Shay’s Rebellion, there was a “Second Founding” where Constitution was established. The major governing principles that lie at the heart of the Constitution are comparable and contrastable with those of the Articles of Confederation. There were means written into the Constitution to institutionalize the ideals of a “limited government.” There were issues such as the rights of the states that divided the…