with Reagan: America and its President in the 1980s Michael Schaller Oxford University Press: New York‚ 1992 Ronald Reagan was more than a president. He was a phenomenon. Since he left office in 1989‚ many authors have tried to effectively identify who this man really was. He was an icon to some‚ and an enigma to others. He stood up to the worst economic‚ domestic‚ and international threats of the time and yet‚ took naps in the middle of cabinet meetings. At the height of his popularity in 1986
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Ronald Wilson Reagan was born on February 6‚ 1911‚ in Tampico‚ Illinois‚ to John Edward "Jack" Reagan and Nellie Wilson Reagan. His father nicknamed him "Dutch‚" saying he looked like "a fat little Dutchman." During Reagan’s early childhood‚ his family lived in multiple towns‚ finally settling in Dixon‚ Illinois‚ in 1920‚ where Jack Reagan opened a shoe store. In 1928‚ Ronald Reagan graduated from Dixon High School‚ where he was an athlete and student body president and performed in school plays
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OBAMA Chief Legislator Mieczkowski: Barack Obama’s veto power gathers dust Originally published: January 15‚ 2013 3:07 PM Updated: January 15‚ 2013 6:46 PM By YANEK MIECZKOWSKI Photo credit: iStock | Something stunning has happened -- or rather‚ largely failed to happen -- during Barack Obama’s presidency. He has almost never used the veto. When a president begins his second term‚ as Barack Obama does next week‚ he ponders his legacy. Whatever Obama’s achievements‚ history
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just look the other way. Examine the $700 billion bailout plan‚ who got the money? Nobody knows for certain. McCain and Obama each have different but reasonable ideas to help this wonderful country rely less on foreign aid and utilizing the energy sources that are available right here in America‚ the McCain ad emphasizes off-shore drilling and new cleaner energy‚ and the Obama ad focuses on only new cleaner energy without any way of improving the current situation while research takes place.
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There are many famous United States presidents in the history books‚ and then there is president Gerald R. Ford. Gerald R. Ford was an unexpected president who experienced great events during his presidency‚ such as a war‚ and massacre. Gerald Ford’s presidency was very unexpected. Former vice president Spiro Agnew was forced to resign‚ bringing up Gerald Ford (Feinstein 39). On August 9‚ 1974‚ Gerald Ford was sworn in as the thirty-eighth President by Chief Justice (Blue and Corinne 23). Ford
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“Decision Points” is an enlightening reflection by President Bush on his perception of the pivotal decisions and actions he had made during his presidency. In the chapter of “Iraq”‚ Bush recounts his thoughts and explains his rationale in detail why he made the big decisions on implementing a troop surge in Iraq in 2006. He describes how his coercive diplomacy has been a failure in addressing the threats from Saddam Hussein. For him‚ Iraq war seems to be unavoidable to safeguard his nation. As
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Oftentimes‚ the American people expect the President to be a machine churning out progress in government and the country. However‚ we may occasionally forget that the president is a human being‚ just like every other American citizen. What makes the President the “President” is his personality‚ which has developed as time progressed. His personality is what makes him not a machine‚ but an admirable human being that paradoxically can represent what the government isn’t‚ a majority-rule entity.
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Andrew Jackson has been considered the first modern president because‚ he significantly contributed to the expansion of the office‚ he was considered the first popularly elected president‚ and‚ throughout his presidency acted his role as a populist. Jackson’s Presidency was the beginning of the modern presidency‚ one in which the powers that the president holds while in the office of the grew immensely. Jackson was the first President to introduce the spoils system‚ the system in which when a
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All About Donald Trump Every American citizen has the right to vote. Citizens decide the fate of America. Donald Trump is the Republican candidate running for president. Donald Trump has a mysterious life‚ many past jobs and many promises. There are many mysteries about Donald Trump’s life‚ but his biography explains everything. Trump was born June 14‚ 1946 in New York City. His father‚ Fred Trump‚ sent him to a Military Academy at the age of 13. His father neglected him and had only taught him
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George Washington‚ our first president‚ knew that everything he did would be a guide for America to follow after his time as president ended. He was one of the fathers of the constitution and was looked at as a guide for democracy. So when he declined the offer to run for a third term as president it set a precedent that presidents since have all followed‚ with the exception of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Following Roosevelt’s Presidency‚ in 1947 the twenty-second amendment to the constitution
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