... that many Cuban Americans call home - the Cuba Debate website posted Castro's discontent in the "Reflections" column. After rebuking the US for thinking Cuba would "fall into her bosom like ripe fruit," Castro wrote, "the fruit did not fall." He continued to lash out at "the candidates that aspire to be the president of that globalized imperialist reign" (Williams). "The selection of a Republican candidate ... though Villar has gained infamy in the US, he is not a well-known figure in Cuba (USA Today). "The United States will not waiver in our support for the liberty of the Cuban people...

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... , including Michele Bachmann and Rick Santorum, have publicly announced their intentions to reinstate the "don't ask, don't tell" policy upon assuming the presidency (MSNBC). President Obama also denounced his opponents for not supporting his repeal. "I don't have to tell you there are those who don't want to just stand in our way, they want to turn the clock back, who want ... to return to the days when gay people couldn't serve the country openly, who reject the progress that we've made," Obama said. "We're not about restricting rights and restricting opportunities. We're about opening...

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... headquarters. Once there, he joked "I'm in the interest of being more neighborly. Maybe we would have gotten off on a better foot if I had brought over a fruitcake when I first moved in. But I'm going to make up for it." The two groups got off on a bad start after the Chamber spent tens of ... millions of dollars fighting Obama's health-care bills, opposing key elements of the financial regulation law and helping to deliver the House majority to the Republicans last fall. In turn, Obama ... plan to create jobs by encouraging firms to use their cash on hand to "get in the game." He prom...

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... May reports found that 14 million people were out of work and at least 45% of those had been jobless for at least six months. Furthermore, gas prices are at an average of $3.79 a gallon compared to last year's average of $2.72. Home prices are down 5.1% in the first quarter of 2011 from ... keep them afloat through loans with no strings attached. Instead, he asked them to retool in return for billions in federal aid, saving approximately 1 million jobs according to administration economists (Nicholas). "We said that if everyone involved was willing to take the tough steps and make the pai...

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... what there child listens to and suspect they"re listening to "bad words" they do have the access of the Internet and can find out what lyrics contain in the music. Thousands of people all over the world listen to violent rap/rock lyrics. No one has ever proven that the music lyrics made them do anything. In every time ... This song talks about the real issues that youth are facing. It seems people tend to ignore the suicidal people who society calls "the loners". Musical lyrics contents does not make them lash out. It's the people who ignore them. The The presidential candidates George W....

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... only, reason why the US decided to take action in Vietnam was our fear of the Domino Theory. We were currently in a Cold War situation with Russia and fearing that communism would spread through out the world, America thought it was there duty to keep that from happening. No one in Europe ... States was very eager to stop the Viet Cong from spreading communism that they didn"t weigh out the consequences. Of course there is going to be some dualistic thinking going on in Washington but obviously there wasn"t enough going on that day. Now I know that there was and still is no way to predi...

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... would be obliged to remind him of this issue before he did something positive to help. In the fall of 1914 the nay-sayers were out in full force. To say that the election of 1914 was important is to understate the situation completely ... War veteran stopped and said to a friend of Ms. Stevens, "You's allright; you gotta fight for your rights in this world, and now that we are about to plunge into another war, I want to tell you women there"ll be no end to ... , could be send or withhold at his pleasure. Superintendent Whittaker openly boasted of holding up the women's mail: "I am boss d...

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... job of actually being the President of the United States. Now that the landslide election is over, what happens next? Not only is Obama going to be under the microscope of the entire nation, he will also have to endure the glare of the global spotlight as well. How will ... the United States" military presence in countries like Iraq or Afghanistan will undergo quite a change, as will the "if you aren't with us you"re against us" mentality that seemed to percolate through the Bush administration's agenda. Recovery of the American economy will be paramount to earning and keeping global .....

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... just around the corner, but this year they began even earlier in the year. In fact, gas prices are a staggering 25 cents per gallon above the norm for this time of year. President Obama's gas policies strive to wean America off of imported oil, which makes up a large majority of the gasoline consumed in our ... on the United States' oil problems, although he admits this probably won't happen this year (Landler). "Any effective energy policy is almost inevitably going to be a hodgepodge," said Michael Levi of the Council on Foreign Relations. "There is no silver bullet that deals with th...

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... front of 500 people in a ballroom at the National Cattle Congress. "This is where it all began. Tomorrow, I'm going to speak to the nation. Tonight, I want to speak to all of you. I want you to know how grateful I am, how thankful I am for Waterloo, for this wonderful, decent, God-fearing community. I'm just filled with pride when I think of what Waterloo put into our ... back tonight, share my heart with you, to say this is what we need more of" (Mehta). In her short, 20-minute speech, Bachmann only spoke briefly of political issues. She urged her supporters to put her on top in the Am...

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... abandoned the president and opposed the New Deal as too conservative. Long championed the "little man" against the rich and privileged (Williams). A farm boy from the piney woods of North Louisiana, he was colorful, charismatic, and controversial. By playing up his country origins and ridiculing the rich, he ... so far as to give himself the nickname "Kingfish" because, he said, "I'm a small fish here in Washington. But I'm the Kingfish to the folks down in Louisiana" (Graham 216). Early in 1934 Long announced his "Share Our Wealth" program. Vowing to make "Every Man a King," he promised ...

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... , the President must first justify his declaration to the American people. To justify it the current President must explain his arguments for going to war. The arguments can be broken down into two types, altruistic or self-interested. Most wars are justified with the combination of both types of arguments. Altruistic arguments ... pushed McKinley to urge Congress for war. He felt that it was definitely in our economic interest to war with Spain because we had spent a lot of money aiding the Cubans against the Spanish, as well as it would help our trading of commodities such as sugar. Du...

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... insure investments have failed. Some have closed their doors permanently while others have turned to the government so that they can stay open. The government, bailing out these companies, is what has a lot of the population worrying. This is due to the fact that these are not simple bail outs that are ... a part of the bank. In the future, as the economy stabilizes, the government will come out of this with an enormous amount of loans, including interest, that will be due to the U.S. The government will be paid back for their help plus interest, when they are able to sell off the loans ...

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... experience and knowledge to portray the life of politicians, the work of Congress, and the difficulties in passing the controversial bill that forms the backdrop of the novel. "Shall We Tell the President" revolves around a conspiracy to kill the US President Edward Kennedy. This man has finally achieved everything that he hoped to - he has been elected ... want to kill Edward in order to kill the bill. FBI agent Mark Andrews knows that there is going to be a presidential assassination, but he doesn't know the who, when, where, or how. He only has six days to figure out who wants the Pr...

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... spending. House Speaker John Boehner assured the House Armed Services Committee that the cuts would be spread out over several agencies. However, Representative Mike Coffman of Colorado admitted that the cuts would be "ugly" for the Defense Department, although Representative Howard McKeon of California and also the committee's chairman said he ... Pentagon officials were wary of the bill because of the harsh cuts it will make to their program. "Like everybody else, we are waiting for the final Hill action, and then we'll be able to review all the figures and do a more thorough analysis,"...

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... 90-day mark on June 19th. In order to force President Obama to revoke any U.S. aid, the Republicans suggest cutting off money for the war when the House reviews the annual Pentagon spending bill later this week. Many of the Republican Party presidential candidates demand that the ... west to the Rebels (McDonnell). According to Libyan officials, the air strike gone wrong is just another example of NATO recklessly targeting civilians (McDonnell). "We have noticed that NATO's aggression is taking a completely different turn," said Musa Ibrahim, chief government spokesman, claiming that civ...

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... will also have to address the problem of terrorism. Historically, transitions in the American government, when the government is assumed to be at its weakest, have been prime striking moments for terrorists to launch attacks. Even the original (pre-9/11) attack on the World Trade Center took place only weeks after Bill Clinton was sworn into office. And it is also ... transition will be the first since the attacks on 9/11. It is because of these realities that a new law was passed that will allow security clearances to be "fast-tracked" for the incoming government. When Obama receives h...

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... education of a child was virtually unheard of, let alone given serious priority to. But, when the voice of educational reform rang out, it caught on like wildfire and spread through out the world. Revolutions were taking place all over- Mexico, Russia, Argentina, England, and China to name a few. Looking into ... such a plan. College reforms are another platform of discussion. In theory, close to $25 billion total is to be given over ten years for reading, Pell Grants, and charters. This federal funding will cover one-third of state costs to establish a merit scholarship program. States w...

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... been having the same argument with folks who keep pedaling some version of trickle-down economics," said Obama. "They keep telling us that if we convert more of our investment in education and research and health care into tax cuts, especially for the wealthy, our economy will grow stronger ...We're told that when the wealthy become ever wealthier, and corporations are allowed to maximize ... get through a Republican primary" (Madison). "Ronald Reagan, who as I recall was not accused of being a tax-and-spend socialist, understood repeatedly that when the deficit started to get out of co...

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... the heads of all the congressional leaders, President Obama announced a tentative compromise that will at least stave off the bankruptcy that America was headed for. The deal, which will take effect in two different steps, will boost the nation's debt ceiling to $14.3 trillion while also reducing government ... said (Jackson). "I am relieved to say that leaders from both parties have come together for the sake of our economy to reach a historic, bipartisan compromise that ends this dangerous standoff," added Reid (Hulse). "We're not done yet," Obama cautioned, but he said the compromise w...

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... that our country lacks the long term budgeting and planning needed to reach its full potential on the global stage (McCormick). "We've gotten ourselves in a position where we're spending too much money on today and yesterday, and not money enough on tomorrow," he said during a discussion at the ... Clinton Global Initiative's two-day long conference in Chicago. "We're borrowing too much, so that once the economy picks up, we're creating tomorrow's problem" (McCormick). "We also know that we have the power to turn things around and that every job matters," Clinton said. "There are ... Tr...

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... the American public as well.In order to gain back his popularity, President Bush has taken to using 9/11 footage as part of his re-election campaign.It has been argued that President Bush played a very big role in bringing the country through the worst attack in history and ... is therefore appropriate and relevant for him to point out as part of his record an is acceptable within limits.However, it is my contention that adopting this method would eventually backfire Mr. ... should not be aired and point to some of the problems with these views It has been argued by many that exploitatio...

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... as saying "I love our democracy!" without even understanding the full concept and definition of democracy. To really understand the idea, it has to be broken down. Consider popular sovereignty, does the government really do what the people really want? Are the people informed well enough to make proper decisions? Are the people ... even able to be involved when they want to, or is it selected in what they have a say in? Then going to the second concept of political equality, can't we say that money has more say then the average person? Then when it comes to political liberty, it can be ...

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... thought to possess, but after almost a decade in the hostile country, no such weapons were found. Instead, the nine-year invasion revamped American politics and provided Muslims with a solid foundation for their hatred towards Americans. With American troops absent from the country, Iraq has a long and arduous road ahead of rebuilding (Shanker). "Let me be clear: Iraq will be tested in ... Americans, the mission of an Iraq that could govern and secure itself has become real," he continued. "To be sure, the cost was high, in blood and treasure for the United States, and for the Iraqi peo...

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... Labor, Robert Reich, seems to summarize the government's perception of this sensitive subject: An Affirmative Action Plan is a "careful, systematic analysis of who you've got, who's out there, and how you are going to broaden opportunity. The plan creates opportunity. It's not a quota machine. The purpose of goals and timetables in Affirmative Action Plans is to get employers to cast a wider ... set forth the three theories of what every citizen should be entitled to; freedom, order and equality. Their perception of what equality meant has taken on many different definitions as we as a ...

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