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policies; on rescued cats in sock sweaters, not the thriving actions of environmental activists; on increasingly devastating hurricanes that wreck the eastern coast of America, not global warming and its effects. Then another problem arises for journalists that do wish to pursue their given duty as government watchdogs; access to information. We would like to think that press conferences are held fairly and honestly. Yet it is greatly reassuring to a politician that when you call on a reporter for a question, you get a question whose answer you already know. And that’s how many press conferences are ran. However, when a journalist asks a serious, controversial question that might result in an increase of negative views towards a politician, there is a high probability that that journalist will not be invited to any more press conferences again. No access, no information. No information, no reportings.No reportings, no job. Even the venerable “first lady of the press” Helen A. Thomas was subjected to this silent threat to her bountiful career when she interjected President George W. Bush’s White House Press Secretary, Dana Perino, after asking about the redeployment of US troops to Iraq. Perino took great offense to her interjection and responded, “Helen, I find it really unfortunate that you use your front row position, bestowed upon you by your colleagues, to make such statements. It is an honor and a privilege to be in the briefing room.“ Thomas was almost immediately…

For the past couple of days White House aide, Kelly Sandler, has been under fire for her comment that was leaked during a closed meeting regarding Senator John McCain’s cancer and many demand an apology while others stress the importance of confidentiality in the White House. During a closed meeting on Thursday, a White House leak informed that Sandler had made a joke about John McCain’s opposition of Gina Haspel stating that he was dying anyway. The McCain family, other politicians, and…

The Secret Service was originally under the United States Department of Treasury. Now under the United States Department of Homeland Security, more responsibility regarding the Secret Service requires more personnel. The Secret Service was created on July 5, 1865. The legislation creating the agency was on Abraham Lincoln’s desk, signed by Abraham Lincoln himself, the night he was assassinated. The first person to ever be sworn into the Secret Service was Chief William P. Wood. Wood was…

My knowledge level of Theodore Roosevelt was pretty low. I guess you can say I knew the basics like how he was President of the United States, has his face sculpted on Mt. Rushmore, and that his face is on the American dime. I had no idea of how great of a president he had been. I was impressed on how he invited Booker T. Washington into the White House early in his presidency. He did it because in his mind it was the right thing to do. With the end of the Civil War having only been 30 or so…

in 1913. They were trying to wake not only politicians, but other women to how important suffrage was for women of all walks of life. Unfortunately what started off as a calm event to raise awareness and funds turned to violence. Although there was violence due to the unwilling ness of the police to protect and the anger of some citizens it did gain new sympathies that would work in its favor. Alike the movie Inez Milholland did in fact ride the white horse at the beginning of the parade. 3Mrs.…

picture. He was standing at a podium, dressed in a suit, delivering a speech. Then I noticed that he was speaking at the White House. I was impressed, and I assumed he was really serious about school. I also saw that he was from Sudan. After lots of research, I found out that James Lagraff usually goes by the name Thai. I found him on Facebook, and there wasn’t really anything significant to notice. However, I saw in his cover picture there was a boat behind him that said something about Panama.…

Khan 1 Shah Khan AP Language 21 June 2016 William Jefferson Clinton Speech Analysis In his farewell address, William Jefferson Clinton spoke of his legacy while in office and the future of America. In his speech, he used forms of rhetorical devices aimed at the audience to show his compassion for the country. His speech illustrates different ways he accomplished his task by convincing the American people that he has done good deeds for the nation. His speech convinces the audience to think…

Addressing a mass amount of people in hopes to produce a clear and concise message is achievable using proper public rhetoric. “Aristotle saw the function of rhetoric as the discovery in each case of the available means of persuasion” (Griffin, 2012). Ancient rhetoricians have produce principals that guide this art of persuasion that allow the message to be clear, concise, and persuasive. The cannons of rhetoric are invention, arrangement, style, memory, and delivery. By using all five cannons,…

slaves to work on the fields and take on other duties. To keep things in order he will punish other slaves for breaking a rule.This will cause other slaves to feel frightened and make them not disobey anymore. The slaves wouldn’t follow the rules if they knew they wouldn't get punished so it’s very important to the slave owners to punish their slaves when they misbehave. In the story, there are multiple times when Waller punishes slaves and it scares or intimidates other slaves. For example,…

Gate is both a physical and spiritual realities Every house has a front door which is the gate. Some properties may have several gates. What people don't realize is that individual lives have gates into them. Organizations, communities, villages, towns, cities and nations and there is no exception. All these have spiritual and physical gates just as your eyes are a physical gate and also a spiritual gate. Another example is that man is first and foremost a spirit being, having a physical body…