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The co-presidency of Bush and Cheney
The Bush administration is out but the American public continues to suffer from its disastrous domestic and foreign policies. In this excellently documented work, presidential scholar Shirley Anne Warshaw offers an in-depth analysis and exploration of the political maneuvering that got us into our current mess. Combining her study of the motivations of both Dick Cheney and George W. Bush, knowledge of the spheres in which they operated, and personal interviews with White House staff and Washington insiders, Warshaw demonstrates that these complementary conservatives were nothing less than co-presidents. Breaking with popular sentiment, she denies that Bush's authority was hijacked or stolen. Bush, rather, focused on building what he called a moral and civil society, anchored by a war on science and by the proliferation of faith-based programs, while allowing Cheney to lead in business and foreign policy. Warshaw highlights Cheney's decades-long career in Washington and his familiarity with its inner workings to present a complete picture of this calculating political powerhouse who continues to capture headlines. From Cheney's unprecedented merging of the vice president's office into the president's to his abhorrence of what he deemed congressional interference in the president's ability to do his job, Warshaw paints an intriguing, and at times frightening, portrait.
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في زماني : مذكرات شخصية وسياسية
يروي تشيني قصة عودته إلى السكة الصحيحة وشروعه في عملية صعود غير عادية أوصلته إلى قمم الحياة العامة الأمريكية، حيث بقي مدة تقرب من أربعة عقود : كان الموظف الأصغر سنا في جهاز عاملي البيت الأبيض، مع الرئيس جيرالد فورد أول المسؤولين التنفيذيين الرئيسيين الذين عرفهم عن كثب. أصبح عضوا في الكونغرس ممثلا وايومنغ، ثم ما لبث وبسرعة، أن صار عضوا في هيئة القيادة الكونغرسية حيث تعاون تعاونا وثيقا مع الرئيس رونالد ريغان. تولي منصب وزارة الدفاع في إدارة جورج دبليو بوش (الأب) وأشرف على عمل الجيش الأمريكي إبان عملية عاصفة الصحراء في أثناء المنعطف التاريخي لانتهاء حقبة الحرب الباردة. كان مديرا تنفيذيا لهاليبورتون، تلك المؤسسة التي تملك 500 شركة مع حشد من المشروعات والعاملين في طول كوكب الأرض وعرضه وكان نائب الرئيس الأول في القرن الواحد والعشرين، متعاونا مع جورج دبليو بوش (الابن) منذ بداية الحرب العالمية على الإرهاب، كان تشيني-وبقي-داعيا جهير الصوت إلى اتخاذ جميع الخطوات الضرورية للدفاع عن الأمة. يجسد تشيني شاهد العيان على التاريخ من أعلى المستويات، شاهد الماضي والحاضر، يتحدث عن ولوجه بوابات البيت الأبيض يوم 9 آب (أغسطس) 1974 بعد استقالة ريتشارد نكسون بساعات قليلة، ليباشر العمل في الهيئة المضطلعة بمسؤولية الانتقال إلى إدارة فورد؛ يقدم تشيني لوحة تصور زمنا مثقلا بأزمة وطنية بعد ربع قرن من الزمن حيث كان، في 11 أيلول (سبتمبر) في ملجأ البيت الأبيض وأمر بإسقاط طائرة ركاب مختطفة إذا لم تغير مسارها. بآفاقه الفريدة المتركزة على حقبة بالغة الخطورة من التاريخ الأمريكي، سيكون كتاب في زماني تنويريا وبوصفه تاريخا جميما وشخصيا سيفاجئ ويدهش ويلهم، يبقى ديك تشيني صاحب رؤيا سياسية نافذة لا بد من أخذها في الاعتبار بقدر غير قليل من الإعجاب لأمانتها وحكمتها وجرسها الموسيقي. من المؤكد أن كتاب في زماني هو حقا الكلمة الأخيرة والقول الفصل، عن حقبة سياسية يتعذر تصديقها، كلمة أطلقها رجل عاش في الحقبة وساهم في رسم تخومها-بشجاعة ودون مساومة. كان ديك تشيني نائب الرئيس السادس والأربعين للولايات المتحدة (2001-2009.
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Gays and the Military
In April 1987 Joseph C. Steffan, one of the ten highest ranking midshipmen in his class at the U.S. Naval Academy, and only six weeks from graduation, was denied his diploma and forced to resign his commission because he answered \"Yes, sir\" to the question, \"I'd like your word, are you a homosexual?\" Six years later his cause, and that of other gay men and lesbians seeking to serve their country by enlistment in the military, has become the subject of intense national controversy. This unusual and innovative work, based on the litigation strategy and court papers filed in the case ofJoseph C. Steffan v. Richard Cheney, Secretary of Defense, et al., brings the resources of clinical psychiatry, clinical and social psychology, cultural history and political science to bear upon the fundamental questions at issue: How is sexual orientation determined? How and why have socially prejudiced stereotypes about male and female homosexuals developed? Why have gays faced special obstacles in defending themselves against discrimination? How much political power do gays have?
Marc Wolinsky and Kenneth Sherrill argue that gays constitute a politically powerless class that has been unjustly deprived of its constitutional right to equal protection under the law. They have collected here the affidavits filed on behalf of Joseph Steffan in his suit against the United States government, together with the counter-arguments of the Department of Defense and the extraordinary opinion of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Whatever the outcome of the case, presently on appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, this book will stand as a lasting and indispensable guide to the sources of sexual discrimination.
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Former VP Dick Cheney Dies
\"The president of the United States has the country’s top job. The leader guides the nation. There’s also a vice president. The vice president helps the president. One vice president was Dick Cheney. He was known for being more powerful than other VPs. Cheney died on November 3, 2025. He was 84.\" (News-O-Matic) Learn about Dick Cheney’s life, career, and lasting political impact.
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Nation/World Dispatches
CAIRO Egypt election commission disqualifies 10 candidates Egypt's election commission disqualified 10 presidential hopefuls, including Hosni Mubarak's former spy chief and key Islamists, from running Saturday in a surprise decision that threatened to upend an already tumultuous race and plunge the Arab world's most populous nation into a new political crisis.
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The great rift : Dick Cheney, Colin Powell, and the broken friendship that defined an era
\"A sweeping history of the intertwined careers of Dick Cheney and Colin Powell, whose rivalry and conflicting views of U.S. national security color our political debate to this day. Dick Cheney and Colin Powell emerged on the national scene more than thirty years ago, and it is easy to forget that they were once allies. It was Cheney who pressed for Powell's appointment as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, over the initial skepticism of the White House. And the two men collaborated closely in the successful American wars in Panama and Iraq during the George H. W. Bush administration, riding together in joyous victory parades. But from that pinnacle, conflicts of ideology and sensibility drove Cheney and Powell apart. Under George W. Bush, they fell into ever-deepening conflict. Cheney personified the idea that America should use its unrivaled power to reorder the world, using military force and ignoring objections from its longstanding allies. Powell believed that the United States should operate through diplomacy as much as possible, relying on the alliances it had forged. In this wide-ranging and deeply researched reassessment of these two major figures, James Mann explores each man's biography and philosophical predispositions to show how and why this deep and permanent rupture occurred. Through dozens of original interviews and surprising revelations from presidential archives, he brings to life the very human story of how this influential friendship turned so sour and how their enmity colored the way America acts in the world.\"-- Provided by publisher.
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