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Category : Canals
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
The Chesapeake & Delaware Canal
Author: UFO Briefing Book
Author: James LoughPublisher:
ISBN: 9781736627204
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The UFO Briefing Book is a guide to help Congress conduct oversight of the defense and intelligence communities in how they address the UFO/UAP Phenomenon. It details the history of government efforts to understand the phenomenon, particularly congressional efforts. It shows parallels between recent Navy encounters and past incidents dating back to the WWII Foo Fighters. The book explains what legislative and administration changes are needed to free up more information to help Congress conduct oversight of programs addressing UAP issues. The book highlights methods Congress can use to overcome bureaucratic roadblocks to help discover of information that the public has a right to know.
Congressional Record
Author: United States. CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1414
Book Description
The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
The Briefing
Author: Sean SpicerPublisher:
ISBN: 9781760790608
Category : Presidential press secretaries
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
As a key player during the election campaign and transition, and Donald Trump's press secretary for the first seven months in the White House, Sean Spicer found himself on the front line between Trump and the press - regularly jousting with the media and having to explain the President's policy decisions and comments to America and the world. The Briefing taps into Spicer's first-hand experience in the front row of the Trump campaign and presidency, shedding new light on the most controversial moments, sharing stories of the personalities involved and, ultimately, setting the record straight.
Persuading Congress: A Practical Guide to Parlaying an Understanding of Congressional Folkways and Dynamics into Successful Advocacy on Capitol Hill: How to Spend Less and Get More from Congress: Candid Advice for Executives
Author: Joseph GibsonPublisher: The Capitol Net Inc
ISBN: 1587332639
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
What happens in Congress affects all of our lives and extends into every corner of the economy. Because so much is at stake there, businesses and other interest groups spend billions of dollars each year trying to influence legislation. Yet, most of these efforts are doomed to futility from the outset. Only a small percentage of the bills introduced in Congress actually become law, and most interested parties do not fully understand why those few bills succeed. More importantly, how to get Congress to do what they want remains a mystery to them. This book will help you understand Congress. Written from the perspective of one who has helped put a lot of bills on the president's desk and helped stop a lot more, this book explains in everyday terms why Congress behaves as it does. Then it shows you how you can best deploy whatever resources you have to move Congress in your direction. Because you have limited time, this book sticks to the basics and its chapters are short so that it can be digested rapidly.
United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions
Author: Us CongressPublisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
The Plum Book is published by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and House Committee on Oversight and Reform alternately after each Presidential election. The Plum Book is used to identify Presidential appointed and other positions within the Federal Government. The publication lists over 9,000 Federal civil service leadership and support positions in the legislative and executive branches of the Federal Government that may be subject to noncompetitive appointment. The duties of many such positions may involve advocacy of Administration policies and programs and the incumbents usually have a close and confidential working relationship with the agency head or other key officials. The Plum Book was first published in 1952 during the Eisenhower administration. When President Eisenhower took office, the Republican Party requested a list of government positions that President Eisenhower could fill. The next edition of the Plum Book appeared in 1960 and has since been published every four years, just after the Presidential election.
Ufo Disclosure
Author: Owen BanksPublisher:
ISBN: 9781801744584
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
The real question is not if they exist, but what they are. In the last few months, we are witnessing something that only ten years ago could only be seen in cinemas. State officials talking about a threat to national security; dozens of photos and videos confirmed by the Pentagon; US Air Force pilots explaining what they saw in flight with their eyes and on the radar; radar triangulations made by warships with the most advanced technology on the face of the earth; former US president saying "we don't know exactly what they are"; etc. 30 years ago, all this was just science fiction. Everyone who talked about UFOs and Aliens was derided and marginalized by society as crazy. Nowadays, the time of smiles and teasing is finally over, we have reached a turning point, and it is time to know. In this book, you will find: All irrefutable scientific evidence of the existence of unidentified aerial phenomena The most documented sightings from the 40s (when drones or other nonsense still existed) to today, not only in the USA but all over the world The declassified documents top secret for decades How the FOIA law works and why it is a fundamental tool to get to the truth Pilots and other soldiers stories who have the defense and security of our country as their life mission And much more scientific and government-verified information This is not a novel that tells the aliens' fairy tale, but a collection of sightings supported by scientific documents, radar triangulations, and irrefutable evidence of the existence of a phenomenon that must be taken very seriously and studied as thoroughly as possible. It's time to know. It's time to accept the phenomenon as something concrete that is happening here and now. It's time to inform the American people and the whole world of what happens in our skies above our homes. It's finally the time of truth. If you want to know all the truths hidden and kept top secret from the 40s to today, scroll up and click on the "Buy Now" button!
The President's Book of Secrets
Author: David PriessPublisher: PublicAffairs
ISBN: 1610395964
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
Every president has had a unique and complicated relationship with the intelligence community. While some have been coolly distant, even adversarial, others have found their intelligence agencies to be among the most valuable instruments of policy and power. Since John F. Kennedy's presidency, this relationship has been distilled into a personalized daily report: a short summary of what the intelligence apparatus considers the most crucial information for the president to know that day about global threats and opportunities. This top-secret document is known as the President's Daily Brief, or, within national security circles, simply "the Book." Presidents have spent anywhere from a few moments (Richard Nixon) to a healthy part of their day (George W. Bush) consumed by its contents; some (Bill Clinton and George H. W. Bush) consider it far and away the most important document they saw on a regular basis while commander in chief. The details of most PDBs are highly classified, and will remain so for many years. But the process by which the intelligence community develops and presents the Book is a fascinating look into the operation of power at the highest levels. David Priess, a former intelligence officer and daily briefer, has interviewed every living president and vice president as well as more than one hundred others intimately involved with the production and delivery of the president's book of secrets. He offers an unprecedented window into the decision making of every president from Kennedy to Obama, with many character-rich stories revealed here for the first time.
Feasting on the Spoils
Author: Seth HettenaPublisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1429917113
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Randy "Duke" Cunningham was an ace fighter pilot and Top Gun instructor. He came back from battle as Vietnam's most famous pilot—a Navy hero in an unpopular war. In his political life, Cunningham was an eight-term United States representative who never lost an election. So how did this powerful politician, one of the Vietnam War's most highly decorated pilots, become the most corrupt congressman in U.S. history? In 2005, Cunningham shocked the nation by pleading guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit bribery, fraud, and tax evasion. A federal judge sentenced him to more than eight years in prison, the longest sentence handed down to a member of Congress in 40 years. And even as Cunningham was led, weeping, to prison, investigators continued to uncover a deep-rooted scandal, reaching the cozy nexus between Congress and lobbyists, military contractors, the Defense Department and the upper ranks of the Central Intelligence Agency. Cunningham's bribes were seemingly endless. They included a yacht, a Rolls-Royce, and hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of antiques. Defense contractors flew him aboard private chartered jets to luxury destinations, picked up the tab at expensive restaurants, and paid for his daughter's graduation party. In total, he collected at least $2.4 million in five years, a series of acts unequaled in the long, sordid history of congressional corruption. An ongoing investigation is even exploring allegations that prostitutes were hired by Cunningham's associates to entertain the congressman. His corruption and that of his cohorts was a decisive factor in the 2006 elections, as Democrats retook control of the House for the first time in more than a decade. What led a man who showed such strength and resolve in battle to show such moral weakness later in life? Had he become a prisoner of greed or was he manipulated by others far more cunning than he? What happened to Randy Cunningham? In Feasting on the Spoils, Hettena offers a probing look at deception and avarice. He paints an unforgettable portrait of a life publicly unraveled, and of a man for whom the mysteries—and the history of fraud—only seem to deepen.
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