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bennordpaskin

Janine Davidson | Obama's Last National Security Strategy | Foreign Affairs - 2 views

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obama national security strategy Peace Document

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  • The president’s second National Security Strategy articulates a belief in a peaceful, rules-based international order; it also reaffirms the fact that none of this can happen without the leadership of the United States. For scholars seeking to trace broader themes in the president’s foreign policy strategy, the document promises good historical value. But to expect it to provide definitive answers to every crisis that now simmers across the globe—that’s asking a bit much of any NSS.
  • Recent announcements regarding military assistance to Ukraine, an authorization to use military force against ISIS, and hint
  • s of a shift in the drawdown in Afghanistan may signal a recognition of these mismatches. With two years left in the White House, perhaps this document will mark a few course corrections.
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  • It is a thankless job to issue a new National Security Strategy, as U.S. President Barack Obama did this month. Its creation is a churn of dozens of drafts circulated among scores of hapless staffers, each of whom is tasked with name checking his or her very specific issue. There’s little room for prioritization or bold new ideas; any artful turns of phrase are quickly ground into merciless governmentese.
  • This strategy is the second and last of Obama’s presidency, and it rightly describes a world beset by challenges and in dire need of American leadership (“lead,” “leader,” and “leadership” appear 94 times in the context of the United States’ role in the world).
  • It’s a thoughtful approach that strives to cast an eye beyond the geopolitical brushfires of the day and into planning years or even decades into the future.
  • The United States can’t identify a problem, shock-and-awe its way to victory, and expect to come home with all the loose ends neatly tied up. The world simply doesn’t work that way.
  • On the other hand, the terrible consequences of the United States’ 2003 cowboy-hooting, gunslinging invasion of Iraq illustrate precisely the reason a policy of strategic patience must exist today.
  • decisive action against the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) as it gathered momentum in early June 2014.
  • bennordpaskin on 03 Mar 15
     
    Article that describes Obama's second National Security Strategy; the document expresses a desire for rule based international order and the necessity for the leadership of the United States.
  • campbellcondon on 03 Mar 15
     
    Obama's National Security Strategy has a higher chance of succeeding a little bit better due to this stricter rules on international order.
sebasgm

Privacy, Civil Liberties Take Center Stage at Cybersecurity Info Sharing Hearing - 1 views

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  • ecent high-profile security breaches, including the attack on Sony Pictures and the breach of health insurer Anthem, have highlighted the reality that cybersecurity is now one of the greatest national security challenges facing the nation.  
  • To improve preparedness and response to cyber incidents, the House Committee on Homeland Security held a hearing Wednesday to examine the President’s recent Cybersecurity Information Sharing Proposal, an executive order he issued to help advance cybersecurity threat and information sharing between the public and private sectors.
  • While Obama's executive order will help advance cybersecurity threat and information sharing between the public and private sectors, critics have said it doesn’t provide legal protection for companies that share such information.   “Every day, our country faces digital intrusions from criminals, hacktivists, terrorists, and nation-states like Russia, China and
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  • an,” said House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas). “The impacts of thos
  • Obama’s proposed cybersecurity legislation has been met with mixed reactions from both Capitol Hill and industry experts because of the lack of legal protections for information sharing liability and privacy issues.  
  • Sadly, our laws are not keeping up with the threat,
  • “notwithstanding any other provision of law.”
  • Fischer explained that there is a wide variety of information that can be shared, but organizations should focus on sharing information that is actionable— that identifies or evokes a specific response aimed at mitigating cybersecurity risks.
  • imits the scope of infor
  • mation that should be shared as “cyber threat indicators,”
    • sebasgm
      sebasgm on 03 Mar 15
       
      Summarizes the actions the different branches of government are taking in order to improve our protection against cyber attacks.
  • sebasgm on 03 Mar 15
     
    With recent public cyber attacks, such as the attack on Sony Pictures, the fact that cybersecurity is one of the nations most prominent security challenges has been highlighted. The need for readiness to prevent these attacks has been increasing. This summarizes the what the nation is doing to improve our protection against these attacks, such as Obama's executive order to advance sybersecurity sharing between the public and private sector.
  • Joanne Kim on 03 Mar 15
     
    I think this article really shows how the cybersecurity has become one of the most important security issues. Since information can be the most powerful weapon in the modern world, I agree with the article that the US needs a stronger defense plan to fight the threat of cyber attacks.
kyrranielson

Wilson Perkins Allen Opinion Research - 1 views

www.wparesearch.com/...is-the-un-effective

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  • kyrranielson on 03 Mar 15
     
    Posted by Andrew Walker. It's a pretty simple question, really. Is the United Nations effective in the modern world? At the time of its inception, the UN was deemed as an absolutely necessary piece of maintaining world peace, and for the most part, you could argue that its existence was a pivotal piece of keeping the Cold War cold.
  • kyrranielson on 03 Mar 15
     
    I believe that the UN is absolutely a necessary tool in keeping world peace. Although ratings of its effectiveness have gone down significantly in the U.S. More than 50% of Americans believe that the UN is necessary. Although conflicts continually arise between nations, it is important to have an organization to regulate nations decisions throughout the world.
  • Joanne Kim on 03 Mar 15
     
    I agree with Kyrra and strongly believe that UN is crucial in making world peace. Although UN does not have the strongest army in the world and does not have the ultimate power to stop a war, the power it has to influence different nations and aid them in their relationships is essential.
Joanne Kim

For Republicans, a shift to national security ahead of 2016 | Reuters - 1 views

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  • The shift reflects a changing political landscape as the U.S. economy has steadily added jobs while gruesome beheading videos by Islamic State and increasing conflict in countries such as Syria and Libya have revived Americans' concerns about security threats.
  • "Because of the Obama-Clinton foreign policy, our allies no longer trust us and our enemies no longer fear us,"
  • "Let's recognize that 2016 could be the first foreign policy national election since 1980. The world seems to become more dangerous by the day,"
  • Joanne Kim on 03 Mar 15
     
    This article shows how the national security policies can have an effect and the politics and even on the elections.
  • Joanne Kim on 03 Mar 15
     
    It also shows that a lot of people disagree with the national security policies and want a change.
  • natedurrett on 04 Mar 15
     
    This article shows multiple viewpoints, but it's overall theme is that the foreign policy is old and outdated and must be reformed to match today's standards else conflict will arise
charlito_love

Scott Walker wins Wisconsin recall election - 1 views

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  • First-term Republican Gov. Scott Walker has survived the Wisconsin recall election, beating back a labor-backed effort to unseat him and again handing defeat to his Democratic challenger, 58-year-old Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett.
  • With 94 percent of the expected vote in, Walker led Barrett 54 percent to 45 percent.
  • the state remains divided
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  • the first governor in U.S. history to survive a recall election
  • the election is over, it's time to move Wisconsin forward."
  • bringing our state together will take some time, no doubt about it,
  • he planed to hold a meeting with the entire state legislature next week.
  • has doubled as a proxy fight over whether Republicans can push through spending cuts and confront organized labor - and live to tell about it.
  • I believe that in November voters across the country will demonstrate that they want the same in Washington, D.C.,
  • exit polls showed Barrett winning handily among union households, while Walker dominated among Tea Party voters. Walker also won by 9 points among independents. The polls showed Walker winning with men and those making more than $50,000, and Barrett winning among women and those making less than $50,000 per year.
  • candidates and outside groups spent in excess of $63 million on the recall election
  • Walker and his Republican allies spent $45.6 million on the race as of May 21, while Barrett and his allies have spent $17.9 million.
  • estimated 2.8 million people expected to cast ballots.
  • The Walker campaign said in response to the reports that "any accusation that our campaign is making those calls is categorically false and unfounded."
  • exit polls found that 52 percent of voters in Wisconsin approve of how Walker has handled the issue of collective bargaining, and 54 percent approve of how he has handled job creation. Fifty-two percent said they approved of the recent changes to state law that limits collective bargaining for government workers, while 47 percent disapproved of these changes.
  • favorable view of unions for government workers
  • 45 percent have an unfavorable opinion of these unions.
  • The Romney campaign said the former Massachusetts governor called Walker to congratulate him Tuesday evening.
  • Part of the disparity can be explained by the fact that Walker, as a sitting governor facing
  • isconsin law.
  • The rest of the spending in the race has been from outside ideological groups.
  • he newly-elected governor, who had defeated Barrett in the 2010 election, released a budget plan that proposed elimination of most public employee bargaining rights.
  • Wisconsin Senate Democrats even temporarily fled the state in an ultimately futile effort to keep Walker's plan from being passed.
  • recall elections are only appropriate for official misconduct.
  • Divide and conquer works."
  • Republicans called the race a test of whether they can push through the difficult reforms needed to deal with massive federal, state and local budget deficits.
  • exit polls found that Mr. Obama led Romney 51 percent to 44 percent among voters in the recall election.
  • The power of Wisconsin's progressive, grassroots tradition was clearly on display throughout the run up to this election and we will continue to work together to ensure a brighter future for Wisconsin's middle class.
  • Walker's victory suggests that the newly-legal unlimited spending by super PACs and other outside groups - which was unleashed by a pair of recent Supreme Court decisions, including Citizens United
  • his victory will elevate him to superstar status among conservatives and likely prompt talk of a future presidential run.
  • In a fourth state Senate recall election, Republicans were leading. If Democrats were able to triumph in any of the state senate elections, they would win a majority in the Wisconsin Senate and be able to block Walker's agenda even though he remains in office.
  • bennordpaskin on 25 Mar 15
     
    This is a news article concerning the attempted recall of Wisconsin governor Scott Walker. This article contrasts the idea that every legislative race, no matter how big or small, reflects politics on a national level. In this particular race, it is notable that parties argued as to wether or not this race was any indication as to the potential outcome of 2012 general elections, and whether or not it might have been possible for Mitt Romney to win the state of Wisconsin from Obama. Noted, the article makes reference to exit polls that indicated Obamas advantage in the state.
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  • paigedeleeuw on 25 Mar 15
     
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  • sebasgm on 25 Mar 15
     
    A summary of what happened during the election and the actions Walker took when faced with the recall.
  • bubb1erat on 23 Mar 16
     
    With a dominant 54%, Walker handily retained the governors office.
  • eleanorthorp on 23 Mar 16
     
    This article seems to favor Walker but gives the general idea of why he survived the recall
  • charlito_love on 24 Mar 16
     
    Walker wins recall this is important because republicans have said this was a test for walker and his political career, while on the other hand even though democrat president Obama won Wisconsin in 2008 earlier with a point lead.
egklaerner

Trump national security adviser wants to avoid term 'radical Islamic terrorism', source... - 0 views

Donald Trump's new national security adviser has told staff at the White House he does not wish to use the term "radical Islamic terrorism" to describe the terrorist threat the US faces, according ...

ap government

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natedurrett

Violence as a Public Health Issue - 2 views

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violence public health issue

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  • Our citizens want to live in peace, but each year many thousands of them become the victims of violence.
  • Identifying violence as a public health issue is a relatively new idea.
  • To be sure, those agents of public safety and justice have served us well. But when we ask them to concentrate more on the prevention of violence and to provide additional services for victims, we may begin to burden the criminal justice system beyond reason.
  • natedurrett on 11 Oct 14
     
    The nation's rate of abuse and violence rises each day while the nation itself generally wants peace.
  • kyrranielson on 11 Oct 14
     
    Great article, it's a little unclear what it's connection with civil rights. But it is true there is so much violence to people that can't defend themselves, and we need to protect those people.
milesreaviskappa

Chapter 18 - 0 views

https://prezi.com/rj4_ipbgd33b/chapter-20-national-security-policymaking/ This gives a good description of what the basics of National security making is all about and goes threw it step by step.

ap government

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milesreaviskappa

Chapter 18 - 0 views

http://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences-and-law/political-science-and-government/military-affairs-nonnaval/national-0 This article goes over each time something major that happened and our nati...

ap government

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jennacrosby

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alan-singer/new-york-states-mis-educa_b_8300698.html?utm_... - 6 views

I had never considered high minimum requirement for TOFEL as racist until reading this. Especially Eleanor's comment. There is an obvious gap in test scores between racial demographics, and it rea...

ap government

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egklaerner

White House confirms conversation with FBI about Trump and Russia - 0 views

HR McMaster, a respected army lieutenant general, struck notes more consistent with traditional counterterrorism analysts and espoused consensus foreign-policy views during a meeting he held with h...

ap government

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egklaerner

McMaster will be a good teammate as national security adviser - 1 views

He was erudite and charismatic. He is obviously a student of history. McMaster is highly respected in the conservative foreign policy community, and a man with little pretense and a great deal of b...

McMaster ap government

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kyrranielson

Fabulously Political: Narrowcasting - 4 views

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narrowcasting

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  • FOX News, which popularly narrowcasts notoriously conservative-directed news stories.
  • MSNBC is typically considered to be the directive of the liberal media.
  • advocating for more and more gun control and an assault weapons ban
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  • FOX News began running more stories that criticized the liberals for trying to take away Americans 2nd Amendment rights by taking away their guns.
  • CNN is typically considered to be more in the middle when it comes to a liberal or conservative slant,
  • With the lack of non-biased information, people selectively pick and choose information based on what they want to hear, creating individuals who are not well rounded.
  • Narrowcasting can lead to narrow minds which is very dangerous to a society.
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      kyrranielson on 29 Oct 14
       
      I believe Narrowcasting is effecting the nation not necessarily in a positive way. Since people have the choice to watch or listen to media that is biased towards their own opinions they will never hear the side of opposition. 
  • paigedeleeuw on 29 Oct 14
     
    It's crazy to think how much narrowcasting and broadcasting often go hand in hand without us knowing. Not to mention how mind-boggling it is to think just how many different groups of people are affected, whether it's a political group, or even an ethnic group. It's begs the question of what group you might be included in when it comes to narrowcasting.
  • sebasgm on 29 Oct 14
     
    The article starts by defining narrowcasting and giving Fox News as being an example, as it is known for being a conservative new station. This article is interesting as it states that narrowcasting is detrimental to society as it "leads to narrow minds which is very dangerous to a society."
  • Joanne Kim on 29 Oct 14
     
    I thought narrowcasting is just an effective way of delivering information to a certain group of people, but this article points out the dangerousness of it, which is the bad influence that people can get by just getting one point of view
featherp

U.S.-Israeli bond still strong at AIPAC - 2 views

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  • featherp on 03 Mar 15
     
    Surrounding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to Congress regarding Obamas capability in handling each situation.
  • Joanne Kim on 03 Mar 15
     
    This video shows that the relationship between the two nations is positive and is strong, although there has been controversy over the relationship.
sebasgm

Homeland Security Today: Watchdog Calls for DHS Reform to Improve Homeland Security - 2 views

www.hstoday.us/...4ecb42b9e6175907ff8b595b5.html

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  • The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plays a critical role in securing the United States against a number of threats
  • In light of these reports, the House Committee on Homeland Security’s Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency held a hearing  last Thursday to examine DHS’s performance and provide recommendations to improve homeland security.
  • “These reports show serious deficiencies in how DHS secures the border, protects federal buildings from cyber attacks, and manages billions of taxpayer dollars,” said subcommittee chairman Scott Perry (R-Penn.). “DHS must act on these and other recommendations to improve our homeland security.”
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  • r 22 disparate agencies to form the third largest cabinet level department has continued to prove challenging.
  • ded to be replaced.   Gerstein also observed a lack of national preparedness, which he believes was highlighted by the response to the Ebola outbreak, the critical shortfalls surrounding the fire in a Washington Metro station several weeks ago, and the growing number of cybersecurity incidents.
  • sebasgm on 03 Mar 15
     
    The House Committee on Homeland Security's Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency held a meeting last Thursday to analyze DHS's efficiency and performance, to decide whether reforms are needed to be made. After this meeting, they came to the consensus that DHS shows "serious deficiencies" in their performance and that reforms are needed to be made.
  • campbellcondon on 03 Mar 15
     
    The results of this article really show in specific detail how the DHS has secured the border and helps prevent cyber attacks from federal buildings. The meeting last week analyzed the efficiency of the DHS and if the reforms are needed. In my opinion, they are not; the DHS is doing sufficient work.
campbellcondon

Cybersecurity Bill Is Blocked by G.O.P. Filibuster - 2 views

www.nytimes.com/...blocked-by-gop-filibuster.html

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  • campbellcondon on 03 Mar 15
     
    A cybersecurity bill that had been one of the Obama administration's top national security priorities was blocked by a Republican filibuster in the Senate on Thursday, severely limiting its prospects this year.
  • Joanne Kim on 03 Mar 15
     
    Since cybersecurity problem is a problem that is recognized by both sides of the party, I think it is crucial for the government to find a solution other than the bill, since it is now blocked by the filibuster.
featherp

Susan Rice: Netanyahu visit 'destructive' - 3 views

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  • featherp on 03 Mar 15
     
    As Netanyahu is prepared to tear down the White House's efforts in negotiating Iraqs nuclear program, some democrats decided it wasn't worth attending while eight senators thought the same thing.
  • kyrranielson on 03 Mar 15
     
    This just proves that the disaster with this whole agreement will be huge. Iran's government obviously doesn't like us, and the Senate's participation in listening to the speech upset Netanyahu. And he argued that the deal currently in the works to prevent the nation from gaining nuclear weapons would in fact "guarantee" that it secures them - "lots of them." This scares me personally because the relationship between the U.S. and Iran doesn't look promising right now.
Joanne Kim

Secretary of State John Kerry working on Iran nuke deal not likely to please Israel's N... - 2 views

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  • Senior U.S. and Iranian officials kicked off the second day of the latest round of nuclear negotiations here on Tuesday as Israel's leader prepared to deliver a speech to Congress denouncing a potential deal as dangerous to the Jewish state and the world.
  • Iran would have to suspend its nuclear activities for at least a decade as part of any final agreement.
  • It is clear that Obama's stance is aimed at confronting propaganda by Zionist regime's prime minister and other extremist opponents of the negotiations,"
  • Joanne Kim on 03 Mar 15
     
    This article shows how the secretary of state is working with Israel and discussing how to deal with Iran and its nuclear activities.
  • sebasgm on 03 Mar 15
     
    It makes sense that Israel is not pleased with the US trying to Negotiate with Iran, without completely removing their nuclear advancement, but instead only delaying it in return for the removal of the US sanctions. Not only does that make Israel Iran's major target, but it also allows for Iran to become more wealthy during that delay period, which makes them an even larger threat to Israel.
  • kyrranielson on 03 Mar 15
     
    It's very interesting that the Iranian leader is offended by the president's actions and how that might take accord in the rest of the agreements.
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