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Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
SECURITY ASSISTANCE ACT OF 2008... REPORT... REPORT 110-496... U.S. CONGRESS, 110TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION.
Author: EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR SECURE ELECTIONS ACT OF 2008... REPORT... REPORT 110-582/PT.1... U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 110TH CONGRESS, 2ND SESSION.
Author: SECURITY ASSISTANCE AND ARMS EXPORT CONTROL REFORM ACT OF 2008... REPORT... REPORT 110-626... U.S. CONGRESS, 110TH CONGRESS, 2ND SESSION.
Author: PAPERWORK ASSISTANCE ACT... REPORT... REPORT NO. 110-781... UNITED STATES CONGRESS, 110TH CONGRESS, 2ND SESSION.
Author: Higher Education Opportunity Act
Author: United StatesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education, Higher
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
THE COURT SECURITY ACT OF 2007... REPORT... REPORT 110-042... U.S. CONGRESS, 110TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION.
Author: HOMELAND SECURITY NETWORK DEFENSE AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2008... REPORT... REPORT 110-777... U.S. CONGRESS, 110TH CONGRESS, 2ND SESSION.
Author: Afghanistan
Author: Kenneth KatzmanPublisher:
ISBN: 9781604569537
Category : Current Events
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
U.S. and outside assessments of the effort to stabilise Afghanistan are mixed and subject to debate; the Administration notes progress on reconstruction, governance and security in many areas of Afghanistan, particularly the U.S.-led eastern sector of Afghanistan. However, a November 2007 Bush Administration review of U.S. efforts in Afghanistan reportedly concluded that overall progress was inadequate. This mirrors recent outside studies that contain relatively pessimistic assessments, emphasising a growing sense of insecurity in areas previously considered secure, increased numbers of suicide attacks, and increasing aggregate poppy cultivation, as well as increasing divisions within the NATO alliance about the relative share of combat among the nations contributing to the peacekeeping mission. Both the official U.S. as well as outside assessments are increasingly pointing to Pakistan as failing -- either through lack of attention or eliberatestrategy -- to prevent Taliban commanders from operating from Pakistan. To try to gain momentum against the insurgency, the United States is considering new initiatives including adding U.S. troops to the still combat-intense south, possibly assuming U.S. command of the southern sector, and increasing direct U.S. action against Taliban concentrations inside Pakistan. Politically, the Afghan government remains reasonably stable. The post-Taliban transition was completed with the convening of a parliament in December 2005; a new constitution was adopted in January 2004, successful presidential elections were held on October 9, 2004, and parliamentary elections took place on September 18, 2005. The parliament has become an arena for factions that have fought each other for nearly three decades to debate and peacefully resolve differences, as well as a centre of political pressure on President Hamid Karzai. Major regional strongmen have been marginalised. Afghan citizens are enjoying personal freedoms forbidden by the Taliban, and women are participating in economic and political life. Presidential elections are to be held in the fall of 2009, with parliamentary and provincial elections to follow one year later. To help stabilise Afghanistan, the United States and partner countries are deploying a 47,000 troop NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) that now commands peacekeeping throughout Afghanistan, including the restive south. Of those, 19,000 of the 31,000 U.S. forces in Afghanistan are part of ISAF. The U.S. and partner forces also run regional enclaves to secure reconstruction (Provincial Reconstruction Teams, PRTs), and are building an Afghan National Army and National Police. The United States has given Afghanistan over $23 billion (appropriated, including FY2008 to date) since the fall of the Taliban, including funds to equip and train Afghan security forces.
Beyond the Water's Edge
Author: Kathleen H. HicksPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1442280883
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
This report assesses domestic political support for internationalist foreign policy by analyzing the motivations of members of Congress on key foreign policy issues. It includes case studies on major foreign policy debates in recent years, including the use of force, foreign aid, trade policy and U.S.-Russia relations. It also develops a new series of archetypes for describing the foreign policy worldviews of members of the 115th Congress to replace the current stale and unsophisticated labels of internationalist, isolationist, hawk and dove. Report findings emphasize areas of bipartisan cooperation on foreign policy issues given member ideologies.
Congressional Oversight of Intelligence
Author: Frederick M. KaiserPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 143793286X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Contents: (1) Intro.; (2) House and Senate Select Committees on Intelligence; (3) Joint Committee on Atomic Energy as a Model; (4) Proposed Joint Committee on Intelligence Characteristics: Methods of Establishment; Jurisdiction and Authority; Membership; Terms and Rotation; Leadership; Secrecy Controls; Pros and Cons; (5) Alternatives to a Joint Committee: Changing the Select Committees¿ Structure and Powers; Concerns about Restructuring the Intelligence Committees; Constraints on Coordination; Increasing the Use of Congressional Support Agencies; (6) Observations on Oversight of Intelligence: Obstacles to Oversight: Secrecy Constraints. This is a print on demand edition of an important, hard-to-find publication.