The USA PATRIOT Act was passed by Congress as a response to the terrorist attack of September 11. On October 26‚ 2001 The USA PATRIOT Act (Public Law No. 107-56) was signed into law by President George W. Bush. The USA PATRIOT Act "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism” this law enabled law enforcement personnel new abilities to search‚ seize‚ detain‚ or eavesdrop in their pursuit of possible terrorists as it states in our text
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Citizen Kane is an American classic film from 1941 and it is regarded as one of the top ten greatest movies of all time. It was able to achieve this with a complex and clever way of telling a story and revealing the plot. Along with a great cast of new but talented actors‚ each helped brought their characters to life to make the film memorable. Especially the character Charlie Kane‚ whose performance made you both love him and hate him at the same time. The actor director Orson Welles crafted this
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The Return of the Soldier Background Rebecca West writes to expose the social issues of her time. There are many perspectives one could take in reading her novel The Return of the Soldier‚ each equally valuable. There is one fine thread throughout this novel that I find most relevant. West raises the question; how well do social norms serve people when confronted with cold reality? Particularly‚ the role that women were expected to play is worth paying attention to throughout West’s writing. This
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the need to take measures that would protect the lives of the people of America. Hence in relation to these attacks the then President Bush set an act in motion that would prevent further terrorist attacks. This act came to be known as the U.S.A Patriot Act. This act aimed by giving all the enforcement agencies tools so that they could combat terrorism. It has become one of the most imperative weapons that the state has against terrorism. It also breaks the walls of the various policies that exist
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Extra Credit Dear U.S. Soldier; I will have to be the first to admit‚ I don’t understand what the whole war is all about. I just know that you are there and not here with your families and living your everyday lives. I think that is really rotten and I wish it didn’t have to be that way. I’m writing this letter because I want to thank you for your sacrifice‚ fighting for your country and for me. I know you don’t know me but that’s how it feels‚ you are fighting for me‚ because I can’t be there
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What it means to be a professional soldier Before becoming a professional soldier‚ to become a professional of anything means being dedicated to your professional development both for yourself and for those people who are affected by your work. It is about being trustworthy‚ reliable and committed. Being professional means being an expert. It means being competent and skilful‚ but it also means behaving in an ethical way. It means putting others first‚ and acting in the best interests of the public
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In order to reach the best conclusion on what it means to be a citizen‚ a discussion of the most primitive answer to the question must be established. To put it bluntly‚ a citizen‚ without any outside considerations or sophistications‚ is a person who is associated with a group of people. This definition is necessary‚ but not sufficient to define what a citizen is. To generalize what a citizen is under a set of definiens creates complications with regards to analyzing different cultures within different
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culmination of the war. Therefore‚ Krebs difficulty in acknowledging his past is because he was indeed a "good soldier" (139)‚ whose efforts in order to survive "The Great War‚" were not recognized by his country‚ town and even worse‚ his own family. After his late return from the war‚ Krebs moved back to the home of his family in Oklahoma. Although this seems common to what most soldiers would do after war‚ Krebs stay away from his family had been an elongated one. This is not just because of
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Soldier Boy is a fabulous novel as it tells the readers the life Jim Martin had before‚ during and after the war. This is Jim’s strange story of how an inexperienced and excited school boy became Australia’s youngest Anzac. The main theme of Soldier Boy is about the life of war. The story starts with the death of Jim aboard a hospital ship. It explains how he dies and the way the family were notified by the nurse sending a letter to them. Then his story starts from the beginning reflecting
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and they said that people such as citizens should have a saying in their government for the person to have the legitimate power. To have the free and fair election in the democracy is to have the right support from those who thinks it more or less for the community. People think it’s less free and fair on the Voter’s I.D Law to those who have struggles with money with racial groups. Voters I.D Law makes elections less free based on the cost to get a I.D. Voters I.D
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