Eisenhower 1953-1961 Eisenhower was the first president to go head first into the Vietnam conflicts. Eisenhower did not support the Geneva Accords signed by France and Vietnam in the summer of 1954. The Accord made the 17th parallel dividing the country of Vietnam to north and south section until two years when they would hold a free election for all of the country. Eisenhower and his secretary of state John Foster Dulles believed that the agreement gave the communist too much power in
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President Noynoy Aquino SONA 2013 President Noynoy Aquino delivered his longest SONA ever since he took office in 2010. At 4PM today‚ President Noynoy Aquino delivered his 4th SONA at the Batasan Complex‚ which lasted for almosttwo hours. He delivered it in Tagalog‚ and below is the English translation. Vice President Jejomar Binay; Senate President Franklin M. Drilon; Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr.; Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno and the eminent Justices of the Supreme Court; former
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always debating on who will replace our current president‚ Barack Obama in the 2016 election. One of the U.S. candidates that goes by the name‚ Donald Trump is taking the lead in many online polls. Many people have been debating whenever having Donald Trump as a president would be good or bad. Above all‚ the main question is fairly simple; Is Donald Trump Qualified to be the new president of America? Donald Trump would not qualify to be the new president for the U.S. because‚ Donald Trump is planning
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Mr. President‚ First of all I would like to congratulate you on your victory to the white house. I look forward to being served by you for the next four years‚ and God willing maybe the term after that. You have worked hard to earn the trust of the people and gain their votes. There are many challenges ahead of you: curing a sick economy‚ managing wars overseas‚ and helping Americans to keep their homes‚ to name a few. However I must add to your long and overwhelming “to do” list the task of improving
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to hear Donald Trumps’ New York speech‚ the most confusing and scary part of the speech is when he stated that " this political stuff is hard." What did he expect the role of the President would be. A person who runs the country does not do so easily‚ there are decision that must be made that requires one to be resilient despite the outcome. I do‚ however‚ understand that just as President Obama posed as a model figure to many people both of color and not‚ President elect Trump posses as the same
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This speech given by President Obama on human trafficking was considered a landmark speech to victims worldwide. Obama promised greater resources to fight pimps and johns and to support those who escape the horror of the streets. Many viewed this as a breakthrough‚ because the Obama White House had not previously shown strong leadership on the issue of human trafficking. However‚ the breakthrough to me was when President Obama said “The bitter truth is that trafficking also goes on right here‚ it’s
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The president of the United States‚ one of the leading figures in the country‚ one who can make decisions and laws‚ some of which will determine the future of America for years to come‚ and one of their jobs is to help manage the country‚ especially in times of crisis. During the nineteenth and twentieth-centuries‚ many crises arose following the foundation of America‚ such as how Jackson managed the nullification crisis and preserved the Union‚ Abraham Lincoln’s approach to slavery issues with the
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The first dilemma conveys about how President John Adams solves the problem of how to protect American ships from French and British attacks. The attacks first started when France found out that America was making the Jay treaty with Britain. France though of this as America breaking their alliance and trying to make peace with France’s enemy. Since America was a new country and pretty weak it was easy for Britain and France to take advantage of them and impress their sailors. This is similar to
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President Eisenhower’s Farewell Address is a well known speech given at the end of his presidency. In it‚ Eisenhower expresses his worry for the future of The United States of America. Eisenhower starts off his farewell speech speaking of four major wars in the past century. Being bias‚ he states " despite these holocausts‚ America today is the strongest‚ the most influential and most productive nation in the world" ( P.1). Obviously since he was the president of the nation‚ he feels a sense of
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President John Kennedy Was a Great President "The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been” (Henry). This quote from Henry Kissinger is a representation of the Kennedy term in office. President Kennedy took the world to a whole new level; he succeeded in many tasks in his short time as president. John F. Kennedy was great president because of his involvements in the Cuban Missile Crisis‚ the Space Race‚ the Civil Rights Movement‚ and the Peace Corps
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