The Controversy Surrounding The Iran Deal

2016 Subject: The Nuclear Deal between the US and Iran Since the pre World War II period, Iran continued to be a center of attraction to several superpowers such as Britain and Russia. These countries had an eye for the rich mineral and oil deposits in the country. The United States established its interests in Iran to control the supply of these commodities. Iran and the US maintained a close friendship up to the era of the Islamic Revolution in the 1970s. In this era, Iran was in constant warfare

the president deal with this type of accountability, and who hold them accountable. One factor that holds government accountable is the media and their protection of and by the first amendment. Challenges that the relationship between the “people” and congress will and should always continue as a check and balance system. One example of a challenge between some members of the NSC, congress, and the people come from the controversial program later called the Iran- Contra affair. Iran-Contra started

very poor presidential leadership. Richard Nixon was president during the early years of the seventies and he was far from popular in the eyes of the American people. With inflation rapidly rising, Nixon soon became unfavorable, and with the controversy surrounding his actions concerning the Watergate Crisis, he was impeached and forced to resign. His Vice President, Gerald R. Ford, soon took his place in the White House. However, Ford was unable to handle the crippling events taking place in the United

Truthfully, there are a lot of significant Economic issues that were addressed in President Obama’s State of the Union Speech. Obama had many successes in the past year, including: the strongest production of jobs in fifteen years, drivers saving an expected hundred dollars because gasoline prices were extremely low, and the unemployment rate plummeting to a miniscule 5.6%. However, the wages of middle-class Americans remain unchanging. President Obama plans to fix this issue, using what he referred

She fights for the economy and the middle class, working to turn Michigan’s economy around and cut taxes for the middle class. Yet, most of the biggest issues in Michigan deal with the environment such as solar energy, the dying off of bees and global warming. However, the most pressing issue in Michigan environment is the pollution in the water, especially in the Great Lakes and more recently with the toxic water in Flint

The Iran Contra Affair Cpl Justin P. Cameron Cpl Justin P. Cameron CI HUMINT Research Paper The Iran Contra Affair The Iran Contra Affair The topic which I have been assigned to research for my application to lateral move into the 0211 Counter Intelligence MOS is the Iran Contra Affair. The Iran Contra Affair was essentially labeled as an, “arms for hostages deal,” which was politically charged and lead by different officials in the United States, including the President at the time

with the Iran-Iraq war which started in 1980 and ended in 1988. The war began when Iraq invaded Iran, launching a simultaneous invasion by air and land into Iranian territory on 22 September 1980 following a long history of border disputes, and fears of Shia insurgency among Iraq's long-suppressed Shia majority influenced by the Iranian Revolution. (Wikipedia, Iran–Iraq War, 2011). This war had at least a million and half casualties and it severely damaged both their economies, the Iran-Iraq war

war, particularly that of the 43 missing students and the Gary Webb controversy, and compare it to the five filters the propoganda model assigns. 　　The first filter deals with the ownership of the media. Since the media is owned by various corporations, it does follow that coverage of the drug war may not be the most popular of topics. According to Pedro, generally stories that do

and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”1 This amendment gives the people the right to own and carry guns for their protection and for the security of their homes. There are many controversies surrounding the issue of people owning guns and gun related violence because of the second amendment. One of the biggest controversies is the regulations on gun control regulating what type of guns people may possess and what kind of registration is required. The tenth amendment says, “The powers not delegated

Everyone has views on the way things should be carried out. However, people’s views usually do not agree with one another. Whether it is the way someone was brought up, or certain life experiences, no person has the same exact views as someone else. This often leads to disagreement and consequently conflict between people. This type of conflict is not exclusively seen on a personal scale, and is seen on one of the largest scales in the world: The United States’ political system. People’s views on