United States Secretary of State

Presidential power because this was the beginning to the creation of the INF treaty. This proposal laid the framework of negotiations on reductions in all types of arms. Reagan proposed the cancellation of planned INF missile deployments by the United States if the Soviet Union agreed to eliminate three of its major missile programs (CITE). Immediately the Soviet Union rejected the zero proposal, and this made President Reagan have to step…

fighting against rebel groups backed by the United States. There are also terrorist organizations attempting to push their agenda in the region which complicates the situation. The United States and Russia are on opposing sides of the Syrian conflict; therefore tensions have been rising between the two nations. As a result of the ever increasing tensions, the media is starting to discuss the possibility of World War Three. Russia and the United States are unwilling to compromise on many fronts.…

critical and money well spent to deal with the dangers and seize the opportunities” - Former Secretary of State Colin Powell. The U.S using its foreign aid budget to help 3rd world countries into flourishing. An increase in America’s budget towards aiding foreign is beneficial because in past events ignoring countries pleas is shown to be ineffective and by aiding them helps spread democracy. The United States has had history with not aiding foreign countries which resulted to be ineffective…

relations between the West and the Soviet Union. With the defeat of the Nazis, the United States and Britain were concerned about the stagnation and turmoil of the European countries affected by the war and introduced the Marshall plan, a rapid economic reconstruction of Western Europe. But Stalin did not want the Soviet Union to participate in the Marshall Plan and therefore negotiations between the United States, the West, and the Soviet Union ceased, thus beginning the Cold War. In March 1946…

First, President Truman declared that it was America's job to contain Communism with his Truman Doctrine in which he stressed that the present situation in Greece and Turkey and the need for financial and economic aid from America. Secondly, Secretary of State George Marshall unveiled a recovery plan for Europe called the Marshall Plan in which he reported that the problem “is one of such enormous complexity that the very mass of facts presented to the public by press and radio make it…

The United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, during the final stage of the Second World War. The war was reaching its end and the allies’ forces were preparing an anticipated costly invasion on Japanese mainland. Meanwhile the United States continue its campaign of bombing many Japanese cities in hopes of Japanese Leaders to accept their unconditional surrender. Japan who ask the Germans for help, the United States an aware of Japans…

regards to weapon of mass destruction. The Bush administration and UN work together to put sanctions on Iraq and keep the regime on check. However, the Bush government claimed the UN sanction on Iraq was weak and ineffective therefore, the Secretary of State Colin Powell initiated a new proposal known as “ smart sanctions” as economic sanction that will limit exports to Iraq (Duelfer, 2016). In Bush eight months of presidency in the US, the nation faced with a shocking terrorist attack on 11…

View of Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton The two founding father, Thomas Jefferson, the Secretary of state and Alexander Hamilton, the secretary of Treasury were the two most politically influential men in American late 18th century. Jefferson and Hamilton has two completely different view on the role of government in society, ideal economy, tyranny versus anarchy, liberty v. order, faith in man and the type of society man should live in. They both agree on creating a…

In the reading of The Marshall Plan Speech, George C. Marshall, Secretary of State, developed an economic program called The Marshal Plan, which aimed to reduce hunger, homelessness, and unemployment to nations in the Western Europe. After World War II, the United States needed to formulate a plan to help rebuild war torn Europe and help create a stronger environment for Europe as a whole. He challenged the countries of Europe to get together and produce a plan for regeneration, which the US…

was one of the most deadly and traumatic wars in American history. While the war itself began in 1939 after Nazi Germany attacked Poland, it was not until December 7, 1941, that the United States was forced to get involved. Remembered as “a date which [has] lived in infamy”(1), the Japanese attack on the United States territory, Pearl Harbor, would change the course of American lives forever. Although World War II was a time filled with controversy and conflict, one of the most disputable…