United States Secretary of the Treasury

Republicans will state that the national debt has nearly doubled under President Obama, while Democrats state that President Obama inherited a bad economy and that it was under President Bush that the national debt increased to 10.6 trillion dollars before he left office. The current US debt predicted for the end…

abuse. Frances Perkins was born in Boston during 1882. She grew up with a loving family and received great education. Perkins graduated from Columbia University in 1910 and became a dedicated teacher and also social worker. She became the executive secretary of the New York Consumers League because she was committed to helping people obtain healthy working conditions and to help improve the lives of the…

plan on being a part of the FIU Connect-4-Success program, which is a program that allows you to attend an FIU partner college in order to complete prerequisite courses and a guaranteed admission to FIU once you finish. I plan to attend Palm Beach State College for two years in order to receive my AA degree. Then, I will transfer to FIU’s Department of Interior Architecture Modesto A. Maidique campus to further my studies. In transitioning to and completing college, the most significant…

An example of an international issue where General Shelton challenged a process concerned a situation in which the Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld wanted to deliberately place an American plane in harm’s way in Iraq that could have resulted in the death of Air Force Personnel. This deliberate act would have resulted in a false justification for attacking Iraq. General…

In the book, “Duty, Memoirs of a Secretary of State”, former Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates describes his experiences as Secretary of State while serving for two Presidential Administrations from 2006-2011. This Paper will analyze former Secretary of Defense, Robert M. Gates, as a strategic leader in two specific areas: his ability to build consensus and unite the Military and Congress with a unifying strategic approach to the war in Iraq during his first year (2006-2007) under President…

and while he does not have a doctorate in economics, he has written numerous books on the subject. He has also served as the secretary of labor under the first…

very interesting memoir about the events of the author throughout the opening months of his time as the Secretary of Labor. Initially in the piece, the author is jumping through the hoops of being freshly appointed to the cabinet position after being a university professor. He starts by attempting to gather his team by June in order to get the department set up quickly. Furthermore, he states several pieces of criteria that a member of the cabinet should have in order to be appointed. In the…

spoken languages and able to read and write two other languages. After the ratification of the constitution, George Washington, the first president of the United States of America appointed Thomas Jefferson as his first secretary of state. Jefferson willingly acknowledged his responsibility as the first secretary of state of the United States of America and moved to the capital in 1790. The French Revolution had quickly occupied Europe’s…

Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson had fundamentally different opinions on how the United States should be constructed and governed. Hamilton believed the elite should hold great power and that the federal government should be exceptionally strong. However, Jefferson believed that the common man should rule the country and that the state governments should hold most of the powers. Both men had a strong impact on America today, yet one more than the other. Without one of the men, America…

The Secretary of Defense holds a paramount job in the U.S. Government because of the importance of its department. Actually, the Secretary of Defense must be a citizen of the United States with large government or administrative experience, and who has not served in the U.S. armed forces in the previous seven years. The Secretary of the Defense is assigned by the President with the consent of the Senate, and is considered as the member of the Cabinet and the National Security Council. Holder…