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Showing 1 to 20 of 63 for “"The White House"”.
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The Role and Function of the White House Office of Communication (1969-1988)
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Sean Spicer is the News: The Relationship Between Sean Spicer and The White House Press Corps
This research concerns the relationship between former White House press secretary Sean Spicer and the White House press corps, analysed through the reportage of the daily White House press briefing. This relationship can be seen as a continuation of Trump’s relationship with the news media during …
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Funny in a Man's World: Women Comedians' Use of Political Satire at the White House Correspondents' Dinner
… are typically considered masculine fields within the societal constructs of the United States. Wanda Sykes and Cecily Strong both navigate these male-dominated worlds with their addresses at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. This analysis views these addresses through three rhetorical …
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From Trump Tower to the White House, in 140 characters : the hyper-mediated election of a paranoid populist president
The improbable election of Donald Trump relied on myriad factors. Among the most important of these, I argue here, was Trump's deft use of the social media site Twitter, which Trump used as a means to both communicate with his supporters directly, and to reach a far wider audience in the mainstream …
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Still imperial? The White House, the Vietnam syndrome and the politics of military intervention in the United States. A study of presidential deployment decisions: 1982-1995: A study of presidential deployment decisions: 1982-1995
How has the Vietnam War affected America's response to international conflicts? Have American Presidents been less likely to sanction a US military response to international conflicts in the post-Vietnam era? Has their ability to deploy US forces been weakened in any way by the Vietnam experience? …
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Theory to Practice How Developing a K-12 Curriculum in Emergency Preparedness, Life Safety, or Homeland Security Can Lead to Resiliency
In 2002, The White House issued the National Strategy for Homeland Security. Since then, the federal government has authored several documents from the Department of Homeland Security and The White House relating to a growing recognition of developing a resilient United States. The documents …
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Coordinating science : White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) influence in federal R&D budgets
This thesis examines the role of the White House OSTP in the nation's budgeting for science and technology activities. Interviews conducted by the researcher with members of the White House staff as well as federal agency officials are the primary empirical support, with analysis of annual priority …
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The Effects of Training on the Accuracy of Teacher Referrals of Gifted Children.
In 1912, an educational mandate, prepared by the Children's Bureau for the President of the United States, stated as its primary objective: "to investigate and report on all matters affecting the welfare and education of children from all backgrounds." In the report, emphasis was placed on those …
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U.S. Foreign Policy toward Sino-U.S. Rappraochement in the Early 1970s : A Study of Secrecy in Bureaucratic Politics.
This thesis examines the pursuit of strict secrecy by Nixon and Kissinger as the key feature of the U. S. rapprochement with China in the early 1970s. It was Nixon's presidential leadership that drove the new China initiative, together with Kissinger as a skilful operator and negotiator. The …
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A study of the relationship between presidential inaugural addresses, socio-political ideologies and presidential policy
… of Inaugural Addresses. Research concerning the character of the Inaugural Address reveals great diversity of opinion among writers. The New York Herald Tribune, after President Kennedy’s address, concluded that the function of an Inaugural address “to express… the essence of what (the …
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Handshakes and Hugs: A Study of the Approaches Used by Local Social Service Agencies to Partner with Faith-Based Organizations in Virginia
"If the [White House faith-based] initiative was going to have an impact on the local community, you had to begin to think of the initiative in local terms." – Brad Yarbrough, Director of the Oklahoma Office of Faith and Community Initiatives Charitable Choice and other faith-based initiatives …
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Promoting the Idea of Broadcast Deregulation: An Alternative View of the Distribution of Power in the Communications Policy-Making Process
Conventional accounts of the communications policy-making process in the United States tend to focus on the struggles over proposed changes to specific regulations. They give us blow-by-blow descriptions of the activities of the Federal Communications Commission, Congress, the courts, the White …
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Organization and reorganization as manifestation of public policy: national security emergency management
This dissertation discusses the administrative mechanisms used to execute the president's federal interagency program for national security emergency preparedness (NSEP). The research examines NSEP organizational history starting with its formal creation in 1933, and focusing on its most recent …
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Le Conseil National de Securite des Etats-Unis : son role, son influence et son utilisation dans l'elaboration de la politique exterieure et de defense americaine (1969-1976)
This thesis concerns US decision-making and policy-making in foreign and defense affairs, at the presidential level. It raises the question of the extent to which formal governmental advisory organizations improve the quality of decision- and policy-making. For this purpose, it analyses and …
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Providing a Framework to Understanding Why the US Invaded Iraq in 2003
Cloaked in the ambition of the "war on terror" and buoyed by the unwavering post-9/11 support, the United States engaged in a bombing campaign in Iraq followed by an invasion in March 2003. In preparation for the 2003 invasion, the United States built a complicated case for war based on several …
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"Trust Deficit Disorder": The Role of Social or Economic Grievances on Institutional Trust During Covid-19 in the United States
… across Western countries has been on the decline for some time now. World events, such as the Covid-19 pandemic, had an impact on trust. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (2018) titled this decline across countries a "Trust Deficit Disorder". A great deal of scholarship has …
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Unique abilities of hopper spacecraft to enable national objectives for solar system exploration
In comparison with conventional and other conceived approaches, hopper spacecraft offer unique advantages in exploring Solar System objects beyond Earth. The present work began with a survey - based on documents from the White House, Congress, NASA, and the international planetary science community …
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Job Corps to 1973
The largest of the War on Poverty programs, Job Corps, was created to alleviate poverty by providing affective, remedial, and vocational training for disadvantaged youth throughout the country. Job Corps was the first attempt in the United States to establish and operate a national program of …
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Washington, Willard's and political lieutenants, 1861
This study examines the origins of Willard's Hotel, Washington, D. C.; its growth into first-class status; and its role as a para-political agency during Abraham Lincoln's nine-day sojourn prior to his first inauguration in 1861. The research for this study was based on the Joseph Willard papers …
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