In 1971, President Nixon declared war on drugs and increased the presence of federal drug agencies. ... The war on drugs was not effective because the drug laws have been poorly correlated and prisons are getting more money than colleges. ... By putting people in prison for life isn't stopping the war on drugs. Third reason why the war on drugs has been a failure is because the U.S. is the number 1 nation in the world for illegal drug use. ... Illegal drugs only became cheaper and more concentrated which meant the world supply increased. ...

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In his eulogy for Lincoln on June 1, 1865, Senator Charles Summer called Lincoln's Gettysburg Address a "monumental act", and said that Lincoln was wrong in thinking that "the world will little note, nor long remember what we say here." He went on to say that "The world noted at once what he said, and will never cease to remember it. ... Gettysburg stands as the bloodiest battle of the Civil War. ... In his speech, Lincoln spoke of how the Civil War was a test of whether our nation could even survive. While the war raged on for two more years, the Battle of Gettysburg is often spoke...

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On January 1, 1942, representatives met in Washington D.C. to share ideas of a "new, stronger international peace organization." ... British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President Roosevelt met two weeks after the beginning of World War II. ... --World Supercop?" ... --World Supercop? ... --World Supercop?" ...

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The war began in direct response to the September 11, 2001 (9/11) terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the newly found War on Terror. ... Then Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld told the American people military action in Iraq would be swift and not require a full U.S mobilization.1 While speaking in Italy in hopes to gain support for the War Donald Rumsfeld said the war could last only six days or six weeks and he highly doubted the war could last six months. ... On September 11th 2001 hijackers flew American jet planes into the World Trade Center Tower in New York...

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Reagan revived this program and the B-1 bomber was brought into existence. ... The B-1 was classified as a long range, supersonic, strategic bomber. ... President Reagan ended the Cold War. Communism had been on a conquest for world domination since the end of World War II in 1947 until the collapse of the USSR in 1991. ... This promise was put to the test during the Vietnam War. ...

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That's war. And this is war.'' ... There is, still, sympathy for America's desire for revenge, but many people will agree that more violence and loss of innocent lives are not going to do anything in the world's "war'' against terrorism. ... He has also told the world: "I want him. ... But our leaders believe that we get them when: 1) There is evidence; 2) The US acts in accordance with the United Nations charter; and 3) Innocent lives are not sacrificed in the name of justice or revenge. ...

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The war time economy of World War 1,which had seen spending rise grow three times larger than tax collections had just ended. ... Disposable income per capita rose 9%from 1923 to 1929 yet the wealthiest 1% saw their disposable income rise a whopping 42%.... During World War 1 the government had subsidized farms and paid high prices for wheat and other grains. ... This was because war-ravaged Europe had to be fed too. When the war ended the U.S stopped its policies to help farmers. ...

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(World Book pg. 154). ... He also kept a diary of what he ate and he weighed himself regularly (Gina Kolata Pg. 1). He especially avoided snacks (Gina Kolata Pg. 1). ... Senator (World Book Pg. 156). ... In the summer of 1921, Taft finally achieved his long-desired position: He was appointed as chief justice of the Supreme Court by President Warring G. ...

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Love should be unselfish (Source 1). ... Intervening in conflicts in other regions does the complete opposite of preventing terrorism and creating allies – it creates wars. The wars in which the U.S. has seen the need to interfere with – the Iraqi War, the Afghanistan War, and the ongoing Pakistan War – have done absolutely no good within the American society. ... " (Source 1) If every time a region develops a need and we rush to aid them, they will no longer be motivated to fend for themselves (Source 3). ... The United States government needs to stop thinking they'...

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1. ... Roosevelt mediated the conflicts between Russia and Japan to put an end to their war. ... What were the issues that led to the U.S. involvement in World War 1? An issue that led to the United States involvement in war were the demands of trade. The war produced the greatest economic boom in the nation's history. ...

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This honor now beckons America-the chance to lead the world at last out of the valley of turmoil and onto that high ground of peace that man has dreamed of since the dawn of civilization."1 These were words spoken by Richard Milhous Nixon. ... Nixon decided that he did not want the Vietnam war to become a campaign issue; but he did pledge to end the war if he was elected. ... However, people back in the United States saw this as expansion of the war. ... The meeting of the two countries, reduced tensions and acknowledged an alteration in world politics, and risks of war with China were...

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In 1917 he proclaimed American's entrance into World War I a crusade to make the world "safe for democracy." ... It collapsed early in World War II and dissolved itself in 1946. ... However, in relation to Europe and the World War, Wilson knew that the United States was not going to be able to stay out of the war forever. ... His opponent, Charles Hughes, had favored teh idea of the United States getting involved into World War I. ... (Internet 1)" So Wilson did what he had to do in order to stay in office. ...

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After the United States became involved in World War 1, Truman enlisted in the artillery in 1917. ... His Four Point Plan supported the UN, continued the Marshall Plan (which aided Europe financially after WWII and formed NATO), supported collective defense against communist aggression, and aided third-world countries. ... After a military incident stemming from the Korean war, Truman decided to not run for a third term. ...

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By the end of the year, 190,000 American soldiers were in Vietnam to fight the war. ... And here we are today in the year 2003 getting ready to go to war with Iraq. Another news story which happened on July 1, 1965 was the race riots. ... In sports, in the World Series the LA Dodgers beat the Minnesota Twins 4 games to 3, which is still a major event of today. ... Although, some of the news is not good like the potential was with Iraq , its still refreshing to know that we still have maintained many of the traditions all of these years such as the World Series, the Grammy awards, the ...

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They got married on July 1, 1916. ... He really liked to lead people; he was a general in World War Two. ... While the President was in World War Two he saw these freeways in Germany. ... In World War Two, Dwight served as a Five Star General. ... After he was done in World War Two, he served as an army chief of staff, he also wrote a couple of books. ...

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" (pg. 97) Arthur Schlesinger Jr. argues that the framers of the Constitution unconsciously laid the foundation for today's "presidency on steroids" (pg. 1) by granting the chief executive a broad mandate to direct warfare and to conduct foreign policy. Schlesinger also believes that the threat of nuclear war with the Soviet Union after World War II, "led to congress surrendering much of its oversight of military and diplomatic matters" (pg. 1). ... Schlesinger states that leading to the Korean War was the first major conflict that was conducted with no congress...

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Former presidents like Wilson and Franklin Roosevelt had to make decisions on wars that the world had never seen before. ... The president has military powers because he is the commander in chief, yet only Congress can declare war. ... Because they are the most powerful, it is logical to outline their duties in Article 1. ... During his presidency he had to deal with a Civil War that could have never been foreseen by the Framers of the Constitution. ... President Kennedy had to deal with a hostage situation and Presidents Roosevelt and Wilson had to enter wars that included the whole world. ...

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The state of Israel is a western - style democracy that has its roots from the British mandate over the Ottoman Empire after the defeat of Turkey in World War One. ... After World War One when Turkey was defeated a British mandate was established. ... The Judiciary Branch There are many different levels of the court in Israel. 1. ... The District court can have 1 to 3 judges. ... Special Courts have 1 judge and the courts are for traffic, labor, juvenile, military, and municipal courts...

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He stood on the rubble of the World Trade Center with a bull horn in his hand, promising that we would bring justice to the terrorists who "brought these buildings down.... It is said that starting war with Iraq was a huge mistake. One reason for this was the cost of the war. ... Once war was started with Iraq, the US almost forgot about their war with Afghanistan. ... Because of 9/11, President Bush declared a War against Terror. ...

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Among other things, he seems to have been dragging his feet about helping the U.S. in the contra war. ... On January 1, 1990 most of the administration of the Canal was due to go over to Panama. ... Then in December 1989, the United States celebrated the fall of the Berlin wall and the end of the Cold War by invading Panama outright. ... This was just in time to make certain a compliant government for the administrative changeover of the Canal on January 1, 1990. ... Dan Rather placed him "at the top of the list of the world's drug thieves and scum's."" ...

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However, with the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, on the World Trade Center in New York City and on the Pentagon in Washington D.C., Americans are taking a more in-depth look at our foreign policy. ... An evening in front of his television set watching his daily dose of world news from CNN or MSNBC or some other news station tells the typical American that we are engaged in global conflict. ... Within the past decade we have sent American military personnel to Somalia to protect United Nations" troops conducting a humanitarian operation to relieve the famine resulting from the civil...

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Madison helped strengthen the armed forces, and defeated the British in the War of 1812 for the reaffirming of independence in America. ... What is now the world's largest nationally Democratic political party was established in 1848 by the National Convention. ... He led the country through World War 1, fought for the League of Nations, established the Federal Reserve Board, and passed the first child and labor welfare laws. ...

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There were many lasting consequences of the New Deal: 1. ... Faith in democracy was restored, as FDR showed the world that government could solve serious problems without revolution, violence, or dictatorship. ... World War II really put an end to the depression. ... Although most of FDR's New Deal programs temporarily helped the American people, it was not until World War II rolled around when America began to rise out of its depression era. However, the programs were beneficial to society at that time of desperation and were able to "jump-start" the country before it ente...

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Kennedy (JFK) the president of the United States which occurred on the 22nd of November 1963 in Dallas, Texas during the Cold War. The news on the assassination of JFK shocked the entire nation, many people wept openly in distraught as it was a shock to them.1 It is believed that the culprit was supposedly Lee Harvey Oswald but it still remains a mystery. ... Kennedy had many worries and one of them was about the possibility of a nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union, and if there was a war millions of lives would be lost. ... Taking place during the Cold War, it was at ...

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The United States was very anti-communist during this post World War II (Cold War) era, and with the Soviet Union bordering the north of Iran, the last thing he U.S. needed was Iran and the Soviet Union teaming up together against our ally, the United Kingdom. ... When Iran nationalized their oil, the British decided to take them to the world court in Belgium, but ultimately ended up losing the case. Not long after, the British tried to establish a coup, which resulted as unsuccessful.1 Iran kicked the British out of Iran and the United Kingdom proceeded to establish an embargo against Iran....

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