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Showing 1 to 20 of 37 for “"President Obama"”.
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Critical discourse analysis of the United States foreign and security-political changes from President Bush to President Obama
… United Nations, and changes in it, during two presidential terms. The thesis observes the second term of President George. W. Bush (from 2005 to 2008) and the first term of President Barack Obama (from 2009 to 2012). The subject matter is relevant in the field of world political studies for …
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The Doctor-Patient Relationship Between President Obama and the Nation: An Analysis of the Speech on Health Care Reform Given to Congress in 2009
On September 9, 2009, President Obama addressed Congress on the illness from which the United States health care system has been suffering for decades. His speech on health care reform diagnosed the illness just as a physician would diagnose an illness of a patient. Obama observed the symptoms of …
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Continuing inequity : the conveyance of white supremacy in the education policy speeches of President Barack Obama
… political speeches, addresses and statements of President Barack Obama knowingly or unknowingly continue practices and policies of white supremacy within educational policy and practice by constructing education in a neoliberal frame. With his promotion of school choice, quantifiable teacher …
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Child Soldiers: Solutions from a Humanistic Lens
… The paper also looks at the CSPA and the Presidential waiver of four countries by President Obama.</p>
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Come a Little Closer: Examining Spillover Priming Effects from a Network Perspective
… how primes affect individual evaluations of presidents, but none to date have attempted to examine how individuals perceive little-known political officials via strong or weak ties to a president. To address this glaring gap in the literature, a 3X2 online experiment, manipulating prime …
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Reducing the threat of nuclear terrorism--a report card on the Obama administration's efforts
This thesis seeks to explain if President Barack Obama's efforts to reduce nuclear terrorism have had a meaningful impact. Key areas of observation include how well efforts have been implemented and how effectively the president has fostered domestic and international support. Early in his …
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Schoolwide Services for Students That Attend Private Schools: A Policy Recommendation to the Every Student Succeeds Act
… families and teachers. This act was signed by President Obama on December 10, 2015 and replaces No Child Left Behind (NCLB). As it relates to private schools, the reauthorization of ESEA mirrors NCLB in all areas but three: (1) set asides discontinued; (2) state appointed ombudsman; and (2) …
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Retaking Summative Assessments at the High School Level
<p>In 2010, under President Obama, A Blueprint for Reform: The Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act was written to reform the No Child Left Behind Act that was signed into law in 2002 by President George W. Bush. The new goal under the reform was that by 2020 all students …
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Ballistic Missile Defense: A History and Reevaluation of Missile Defense in the United States
… of a "limited” missile defense was delayed until President Bush withdrew from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in 2002. This action set the stage for the deployment of a national missile shield. Current developments however are putting this shield to the test. President Obama has outlined a new …
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Providing early childhood education in public schools : perceptions of elementary principals in Indiana
As President Obama works through his second term, he has recently called on the country to embrace, promote, and extend the early childhood services for the majority of this country’s four year-old children. This call to action has captured the attention of government officials, school officials, …
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Sovereignty, Political Economy, and Economic Development in Native American Nations
… development has created, in the words of President Obama, “a moral call to action.” Although collective statistics indicate substantial development problems among the 566 federally recognized tribes, these empirical indicators do not manifest uniformly across all Native American nations. …
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Dual Intransigence: An Assessment of the US-Iran Conflict and Prospects for Rapprochement
<p>In the months leading up to the 2012 Presidential Election, a number of Republican candidates that were vying for the nomination against the incumbent, Barack Obama, made sensational claims regarding the “Nuclear Iran Question”. This study discusses the issue of a nuclear Iran, what this means …
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Internalization of Race Messages Among Mixed Race Individuals
… normativity, attractiveness, and the President Obama effect. Additionally, general message themes of belonging, racial physical features, racial teasing, and racism, emerged across these contexts. Messages influenced understandings of mixed race identity through the cultural …
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The Future of the Tea Party: A Comparison of the Progressive (Bull Moose) Party and the Tea Party Movement
… so, TPM candidates focused their attacks on President Obama and his supporters in Congress, drawing attention to the increase in government spending and the growing budget deficit. The niche focus of the TPM combined with the strength of the U.S. two-party system and voters' partisan …
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A framework to evaluate interoperable data exchange models for Drug Supply Chain Security Act compliance
… Security Act (DSCSA) was signed into law by President Obama on November 27, 2013, with a 10-year implementation timeframe. As a result, companies in the U.S. pharmaceutical industry, including drug manufacturers, distributors, and dispensers, are challenged to fully comply with the DSCSA by …
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Data analysis and simulation approach to capacity planning
In 2012, President Obama signed an Executive Order to improve access to mental health service for active duty members and for veterans. Two years later, in 2014, the President outlined 19 new executive actions to improve the lives of service members with a focus on improving access to mental health …
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Committing The Military Today: Is The Powell Or Mullen Doctrine Most Relevant?
This thesis examines what criteria Presidents should use when considering the use of force to pursue the national interest. The decision to commit troops is the most important decision a president makes because the cost is in the American treasure of both blood and capital. The Powell Doctrine has …
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Lost in the cloud : cultural lag in the transition to eTextbooks.
… is advocating eTextbook delivery in K-12. President Obama recommends that eTextbooks be employed in K-12 education by 2017. In economic hard times, these measures may make good sense. The cost of textbooks has undergone a dramatic increase and it is believed that electronic textbook …
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Social identity shifts across nationality and race in response to socio-political events
… a threatening American identity associated with President Obama, Black Americans high in White American Centrism perceived the President to be physically “Whiter,” compared to Blacks low in White American Centrism. We discuss the apparent differences between the racial groups in both studies as a …
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The Challenges Associated with the Implementation of the New Teacher Evaluation Model, Achieve NJ: A Building- Based Administrators Perspective
… Reinvestment Act of 2009 and was announced by President Barack Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on July 24, 2009. States were awarded points for satisfying certain educational policies, such as performance-based standards (often referred to as an annual professional performance …
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