United States Secretary of Defense

this paper I will discuss Condoleezza Rice’s role as Secretary of State in President George W. Bush’s second term and address ways in which she carried out policy-decisions in Iraq as well as discuss how she viewed her role in the decision-making process; and I will examine the relationships she had with President Bush and members of the National Security Council. It is important to know that Condoleezza Rice became one of the most powerful Secretary of State’s in the modern era of the…

The most serious threat to the United States of America is not a physical terrorist attack, but rather a cyber-related one. In Washington, D.C., you can probably count on one hand the issues that both Republicans and Democrats can agree on – and this is certainly one of them. The inevitability of such a catastrophic event and the destruction that it could cause is a nightmarish scenario that without a doubt keeps our elected officials and military leaders awake at night. The questions aren’t “if…

been much speculation as to who has murdered Thomas Jefferson On July 4, 1808 in the white house. The only clues found were a foreign coin, a map of the United States and surrounding territories, a torn piece of paper with “Jacobin” written on it, a Bible, a pass to Congress, copies of Jefferson’s First Inaugural Address and his Notes on the State of Virginia, part of a cartoon with “O Grab Me” written on it, a gavel, and a broken oar. The killer would have needed some sort of motive to commit…

Soviet Union, as well as Mao’s leading role. Argument A – National Security Problem In the first place, Mao concerned about the national security problem when if the United States intervene in helping the South Korea and crossed the Yalu rivers that would threaten Chinese-Korean border. According to Cuming, Secretary of State Dean Acheson was supported by the president to commit American air and grand troops to the war on 25 June 1950. It also proved by the primary source, Truman’s statement…

disliked by many nations in the world especially the west such as France, the United Kingdom, the United States, etc. Countries that fear the start of WW3 include American allies Japan and South Korea. In the Korean War, North Korea has invaded the south, as a result dividing Korea up into two. If North Korea gets the ability to create an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), they are a deadly threat to the the United States. An ICBM has a minimum range of 3,500 miles (5,600 km), and even…

The United States Armed Forces, characterized by a culture of honor, dignity, and respect, has faced cases of misconduct that has affected the image of the military forces. Sexual assault and sexual harassment have been happening in every service, at all levels, in a different kind of units, and affect both women and men. Department of Defense (DOD) defines it as “intentional contact, characterized by the use of force, threats, intimidation, abuse of authority, or when the victim does not or…

James Russell’s Strategic Insights article addressed a few of the resources the United States uses towards WMD counter-proliferation efforts however a number were not highlighted. Counter-proliferation of WMD is nothing new; however the methods the U.S. has employed have changed and improved over the past 25 years. Initial counter-proliferation efforts by the U.S. began in 1970 with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NNPT) which “covers three mutually reinforcing pillars—disarmament,…

which capitalism and communism fought to rule over each other. Within this conflict lots of wars and battles where held in order to try and solve the different issues, although none of this wars took place neither on the United States or the Soviet Union. So the satellite states that each of these nations had been used for this purpose. The Vietnam War was one of the cases in which the Cold War turned into an armed battle in which the US and China supported different sides. Northern Vietnam,…

Chronological/Timeline: Winston Churchill (Kenny) When people are asked about me, they will usually say “well, he was the prime minister of Great Britain.” Actually, I didn't much more in my long lifetime. I was born November 30, 1874, in Oxfordshire, England. I was born in the Blenheim Palace, and my religion was Anglican. My father was Lord Randolph Churchill, and my mother was Jeanette Jerome. I grew up in Dublin, Ireland. My real name is Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill. When I started…

reefs in the large disputed area in the late 1940s, and the line of delineation their leader at that time established is what they cite as making their claim valid today. The United Stat however, has stated that it believes these are expressly international waters "and sovereignty in the area should be determined by the United Nations Convention on Laws of the Sea (UNCLOS.)" According to UNCLOS, "countries can’t claim sovereignty over any land masses that are submerged at high tide, or that were…