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    When we look at Native American conflicts with the United States we often see references to Sitting Bull and the Battle of Little Bighorn with Custer’s last stand but there is a battle that was more devastating and more impacting to the U.S. government that history seems to have forgotten. That battle is the Battle of Wabash that happened in the early stages of our country in the year of 1791. This battle would be a crucial point in our young countries history and the way we would have to…

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    The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is a federal agency designed to protect the United States against threats. Its wide-ranging duties include aviation security, border control, emergency response and cybersecurity. Furthermore, the 2002 National Homeland Security Strategy had three objectives which were to prevent terrorism, reduce vulnerability to terrorism, and minimize damage and recover if a terrorist attack occurs. however, in 2007 the goals of DHS became prevent and…

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    was so disparate that in 2002 the United States Sentencing Commission suggested in its report to Congress that perhaps in future Congress should allow the Commission to handle adjustments in this area. (United States Sentencing Commission,…

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    the “first line of defense in securing the homeland, and “the pursuit of insecurity as a unifying concept” became American’s new normal (Shank 3). In 2002, The Department of Homeland Security came into existence and involved the combination of 10 agencies. In addition, The Patriot Act of 2001 was the new hallmark piece of legislation designed to combat the “War on Terror”. Similar restructuring occurred in both the FBI and the Department of Justice when they created new departments to assist in…

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    the military. He is a political science professor at San Francisco State University, and he is a director for Palm Center. Palm Center is a research center that studies gays in the military and focused specifically on the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy for 13 years. It can be…

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    Issues In Law Enforcement

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    of issues within the United States, our society would be different if it was not for the hand of the law. Apart of the hand of the law is law enforcement or police officers, which are officers sworn to protect and severe the citizens of the United States great society. (Ortmeier, 7/2005, p. 14) Having laws without people to enforce them or allow people to take the law into their own hands, has had significant issues in the past. (Ortmeier, 7/2005, p. 7) Within the United States law enforcement…

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    classified, have been released recently. These materials have paved the way to the possibility that distorted facts led to the United States engagement in the Vietnam War. There is no arguing the fact that a North Vietnamese patrol boat attacked the USS Maddox while the ship was patrolling in the Gulf on August 2nd, 1964. What is in contention are the subsequent actions of the United States officials in the coming days. The actions taken by the U.S. officials has been shrouded in mystery since…

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    IAF Advantage

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    Indian Air Force: Introduction The Indian Air Force (IAF) is the division of Indian armed forces [1]. Main mission of IAF is to secure Indian airspace and to conduct aerial warfare during armed conflict. However, IAF has also participated in United Nations peacekeeping missions. The IAF was established on 8 Oct 1932. Nowadays maintaining a modern air force is necessary to outsmart the enemies across different geographical locations. Modern and competent military equipment serves as political and…

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    Marxist socialist chief of state ever elected in a democratic country via free vote three years earlier . Rather than surrender to a military coup, Allende commits suicide . Many reason exist as to why the Chilean military decided to overthrow a democratic government. Some attribute it to the United States involvement in covert operations along with national interests all over the world especially in the Western Hemisphere. Potentially this was another Vietnam for the United States who willfully…

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    Friendship networks are tools for international student to deal with stress. International students indicate a stronger preference for making friends from the same country or student from other nations over student from the host country (Furnham & Alibhai, 2). International student prefer playing with student from the same country with them or have a same religion. When they come to America, they usually use social network to find the account of another students who study abroad. The reason that…

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