United States Secretary of State

to openly endorse restricting freedom of speech. This was solidified by the 1951 Dennis vs United States case. The case prevented Eugene Dennis, the general secretary of the USA communist party from exercising free speech. The Supreme Court’s decision to remove Dennis’ first constitutional right could be extended on to anyone else in the country suspected of communism. Following on from Dennis vs United States, communism was still viewed as a massive threat within America as up until 1954 not…

from the United States to help the military dictatorships operate more smoothly. Clearly, this operation went far beyond preventative measures against Communism. Only in 1992, when CIA documents were declassified, could people see the amount of disgusting destruction that the CIA overlooked as long as communism was suppressed. It was described as “legitimized state terror.” In Argentina, Operation Condor became a device of “unprecedented levels of right-wing suppression.” The United States had…

In a high-level meeting on Syria, the former secretary-general of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, stressed, “communities hosting refugees . . . are exhausted. Health, education, and public utilities are overstretched and under-resourced.” In this address, Ban is highlighting just one of many challenges created by the global refugee crisis. There are many people fleeing areas of war, unrest, and destruction, and those fleeing danger and disaster deserve the same rights as those who live in…

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…

There are roughly _4000_ political action committees (PACs) in the United States. Congress's strength as a policymaking institution includes its ability to represent a wide range of interests, capacity for compromise and negotiation, responsiveness to local interests. Economic groups have an advantage over non-economic groups because they have greater access to financial resources About 90% percent of all PAC contributions go to the incumbents. According to James Madison, the source of most…

At the heart of Mark Danner's graphic and eye-opening historical novel, The Massacre at El Mozote, is an ideological battle between communism and capitalism. By backing the right-wing El Salvadoran government and military, the United States became an active and willing participant in one of the bloodiest single massacres in Central American history. The massacres at El Mozote, La Joya, La Guacamaya and Arambala killed nearly 1,000 peasants. The group most responsible for these atrocities was the…

Private owners are now using drones for hobbies, while governments are utilizing their weaponized drones for surveillance and warfare. Drones, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), are considered a relatively new piece of technology, and the United States is having trouble assigning laws to this new technology. Drones are an astonishing piece of machinery; the pilot has complete control of the machine from around the world while being capable to do great destruction. The use of unmanned…

ranked government official Hillary Clinton, leaked thousands of classified federal information during her tenure as United States Secretary of State. This occurred when she used her family 's private email server for official communications, rather than official State Department email accounts maintained on federal servers. Hillary Clinton, a runner up for president of the United States of America failed to not only protect one individual security but a whole nation. Believing that another…

Confederation all powers rested within the States and the federal government had little power, if any. The major parties during the First Party System was the Federalist and Anti-Federalist or Democratic-Republicans. The Federalist believed in a strong central government and the ratification of the Constitution the Democratic-Republicans on the other hand opposed the ratification of the Constitution and favored that the power should reside with the States. Washington was aligned with the…

Should Christianity be the National Religion? Religion has been around since the beginning of time. Religion is defined as a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a super human agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing moral code governing the conduct of human affairs (Dictionary.com). Religion has always been an issue in the world today, tomorrow, in the past,…