There are the problems of orphaned children being left as orphans, adoption processes being put on hold, the Russian government allowing a few children to be adopted, and the main thing, Russia's whole intent of this decision. ... The Russian government has officially terminated the prospects for more than 50 children who were expected to join new families. ... " The Russian government is giving the opportunity of living with caring and loving parents to their children with disabilities only. ... It was not those kids' fault; it was their own government's fault. ... The ...

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The same day of Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassination the Austrian government retaliated by declaring war on Serbia. Russia's Emperor, Nicholas II was pressured by Russia's military to defend Serbia. ... Germany, being power hungry, and allied with Austria-Hungary, then declared war on Russia. Then, following its alliance with Russia, France declared war on Germany. ... The American government campaigned to tell the public that entering the war was good. ...

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The November 17th, the BBC article, "Ukraine: EU fails to agree on new Russia Sanctions," discusses the escalating conflict in Ukraine, and the measures that the European Union and the United States are planning to combat the issue of the pro-Russian separatist. Since January 2014, the Ukraine and Russia have been in a hostile conflict with regards to the pro-Russian separatists. ... Since April, separatists have been fighting government officials throughout Ukraine, calling for a vote on independence. ... The Ukraine has met with European Union ministers, in order to discuss the imp...

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This war took place because the Vietnams couldn't agree on one government so they broke up into two major parts, North and the South. North Vietnam wanted to have Communism for a government under the influence of Ho Chi Minh, and the South wanted to have democracy, under the influence of the French rule. ... They thought this because the Northern Vietnam was backed by China and Russia. ... Russia at that point had already expanded its empire into Eastern Europe, Korea and Cuba. ... The Government of America, noticed how people felt about this war, and started to make instant plans for...

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Western countries, Gulf Arab states, and Turkey all support the rebels, but Iran, Russia, and China stand behind Assad and his current government. ... President Francois Hollande urged Syria to create a government in hopes that this would entice the Syrian government and rebel groups to work toward a peaceful resolution (Erlanger). Hollande berated Russia and China for vetoing an intervention by the United Nations in an attempt to protect Assad. ... France will recognize the provisional government of Syria once it is formed" (Erlanger). ... According to the United States, the rebel forc...

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Rebels claim they control over half of the city, but they are quickly losing their grasp as the government forces begin to use their air power. ... Daraya suffered for three days at the hands of the government army, which resulted in daily death toll of 440 on August 18th alone. ... Syria, backed by Russia, vowed to encourage peaceful resolutions themselves, although no significant action has taken place. The United States has threatened to intervene, but Syrian deputy prime minister, Jamil Qadri, and Russian foreign minister, Sergey V. ... Western countries, Gulf Arab states, and Turkey al...

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Syrian Deputy Prime Minister, Jamil Qadri, and Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey V. ... However, Qadri and Lavrov, in their news conference at the Russian Foreign Ministry, berated the United States for using the matter of unconventional weapons as an excuse to interfere in Syria's conflicts (Cave). ... Russia, Syria's closest foreign ally, plans to help the Syrian government and its rebels reach a peaceful agreement (Cave). ... Dara'a, near the Jordanian border, also saw a great number of deaths as government forces shelled, bombed, and executed rebels. ... The Syrian gover...

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Fortunately, by using his knowledge in history and government, he was finally recognized and appointed to two important committees. Finally, the government finished their investigations, revealing no signs of wrongdoing. ... When the Russians blockaded the western sectors of Berlin in 1948, Truman created a massive airlift to supply Berliners until the Russians backed down. ... In June 1950, when the Communist government of North Korea attacked South Korea, Truman conferred promptly with his military advisers. ... Truman kept the war a limited one, rather than risk a major conflict with China ...

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Before the war taxes were raised and because of it many teachers and other government workers will be fired because our country needs a lot of money now. Also after crash of the spaceship in Texas government decided not to send any spaceships in the galaxy for couple of years. It will make the space researches much slower and countries like Russia and China may use it to their advantage. ... Hussein kept very dangerous weapons and also made chemical weapons that are totally banned by every government. ... After several months of worthless talks American troops invaded into Iraq without any h...

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He gained national exposure in his second term as the chairman of the Senate Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program and his opposition to corruption in government operations, while remaining loyal to Roosevelt. ... Some of the tasks included the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and approving the surrender of the Japanese government. ... After tensions with Russia heated up, he supported "containment" policies that aggressively dealt with communism. ...

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Hoover then really took action as the head of Food Administration and he extended aid to famine-stricken Russia in 1921. ... In 1931 depression had escalated and so did unemployment, even though President Hoover developed and proposed the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to aid business, additional help for farmers facing mortgage foreclosures, banking reform, a loan to states for feeding the unemployed, expansion of public works, and drastic governmental economy. ...

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He took on JP Morgan and other "big trust" companies; Roosevelt was considered a trustbuster in response to public pressure for greater government intervention into businesses, he passed the Hepburn Act. This Act says that railroads can only charge the amount that is set by the government and allowed the government to inspect financial records. ... This act says that all foods and drugs had to be tested and approved by government officials before they went onto the market. ... Roosevelt's concern with the destruction of the forest, prairies, streams, and wilderness led to putting the gove...

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This was in fact what the U.S. government had to do when it came to the Iraq war where two permanent members of the UN. ... One of the two states, Russia, had serious economic concerns with the outcome of the war. Russia, having a heavy dependence on oil sales, would not like to see the opening up of Iraqi oil fields to the international market. France's opposition towards the war in Iraq was not as clear-cut as that of Russia's. ...

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To understand this we must look at both the people and government's point of view. ... When he was asked to evaluate how many troops were available if and when the United States would get involved, the army could only gather an amount of one hundred thousand, when the French, Russian, and Japanese armies numbered in millions. ... In September 1939 the Air Corps had only 800 combat aircrafts again compared with Germany's 3600 and Russia's 10,000. ... After all let us not forget that the American government is there for the people and that meant that the people's view did p...

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For the past two years, Syria has been at war with itself, as their government forces clash daily with armed, civilian rebel groups. When evidence emerged implicating the Syrian government in the chemical weapons usage, the United States has been forced to consider intervention as a policy mechanism to bring peace to Syria. ... After much domestic backlash, Obama scrapped that plan in favour of negotiating a deal with Russia, Syria's ally. ... As Moravcsik writes "Every state would prefer to act as it pleases, yet each is compelled to realize its ends under a constraint imposed by the pre...

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Yet with the end of World War II, the containment of Russia and its allies became the concentration of the executive branch planners. ... They are: Individual leaders in both branches play a key role in making foreign policy, Bipartisanship is a useful method for overcoming president-Congress conflict in foreign policy formulation, Trust is the ethical dimension within which the two branches function, Executive initiative of foreign policy is the general pattern, but the congressional power to propose, delay and shape such policy remains substantial, The war power is a salient issue in the pr...

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The reasons why we should not have invaded Iraq are because there is no proof involving the Iraqi government with the Al Qaeda terrorists, we had no proof of Iraqi government having nuclear weapons, and other countries in the U.N. had major disagreements on the invasion. ... The first reason why we should not have invaded Iraq is because there is no proof involving the Iraqi government with the Al Qaeda terrorists. ... Until this day, we have no legitimate proof of Iraqi's government processing illegal weaponry. ... Most of the big countries in the United Nations such as Russia, Franc...

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However this rebellion was ruthlessly crushed by the combined armed forces of England, Russia, Germany, Japan and the U.S.A. ... A U.S. civil government in 1902 replaced the military authority in the Philippines with William Howard Taft becoming the first civil governor. ...

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Roosevelt mediated the conflicts between Russia and Japan to put an end to their war. ... The policy stated that to win American recognition, they must not only exercise power but reflect "a just government based upon law, not upon arbitrary or irregular force." ...

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However it didn't stop Roosevelt from pushing around the British and the Canadians over the southern land that was purchased from Russia in1867 by America when new gold was discovered in Alaska. ... When Roosevelt original came to the government of Panama, which was owned by Colombia. ...

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Revolutions were taking place all over- Mexico, Russia, Argentina, England, and China to name a few. ... The federal government is investing more money in elementary and secondary education than at any other time in American history. ...

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After Thomas Jefferson's two terms as president, James Madison took over and sent Adams to Russia, and later to London. ... Adams believed in expansive and expensive changes in government, internal improvements which would bring high protective tariffs. ... His administration was generally regarded as a complete failure, but Mary Hargreaves argues otherwise, saying "Adams established the federal government as guardian of the general interest." ... His contributions to the future political views of our government will never be forgotten. ...

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His role in gaining independence for the American colonies and later in unifying them under the new U.S. federal government cannot be overestimated. ... It had to be fixed, so the leaders of the new young country met in Philadelphia and changed the government-George Washington was on of the contributors. ... He briefly stated that he did not want to participate in the war and that the American government would not aid any citizens who decide to "abet hostilities" (Web1). ... The United States was also concerned about Russia's territorial ambitions in the northwest coast of North America...

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Austria, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, and Russia all claimed exclusive trading rights to certain parts of China. ... He also recommended that they preserve China's territory and its government. ...

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