...The Writings of Abraham Lincoln In Seven V olumes V olume 2 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of A... ...Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Two is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State University. This Portable Document file is furn... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...s (Democrats) here are in considerable trouble about Van Buren’s letter on Texas, and the Virginia elec- tors. They are growing sick of the Tariff que... ... consequently are much confounded at V .B.’s cutting them off from the new Texas question. Nearly half the leaders swear they won’t stand it. Of those... ... V .B., but they say he will not be the candi- date, and that they are for Texas anyhow. As ever yours, A. LINCOLN. 1845 SELECTION OF CONGRESSIONAL CA... ...Those who could not see that much in the Nebraska act itself, which forced governors, and secretaries, and judges on the people of the Territories wit...

...Excerpt: Dear Speed, yours of the 9th instant is duly received, which I do not meet as a ?bore,? but as a most welcome visitor. I will answer the business part of it first. In relation to our Congress matter here, you were right in supposing I would su...

...THE 9/11 COMMISSION REPORT Final FM.1pp 7/17/04 5:25 PM Page i List of Illustrations and Tables ix Member List xi Staff List xiii–xiv Pr... ...omeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin’s App... ... of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin’s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988–1992) 55 2.4 Building an Organization, De... ...uard teams were authorized by fiscal year 2001. Under the command of state governors, they provided support to civil- ian agencies to assess the natur... ... Al Gore’s concession, no one knew whether Gore or his Republican opponent,Texas Governor George W . Bush, would become president in 2001. The dispute... ... tral Intelligence John McLaughlin led a team to Bush’s ranch in Crawford, Texas, and gave him a wide-ranging, four-hour review of sensitive informa- ...

...Excerpt: We present the narrative of this report and the recommendations that flow from it to the President of the United States, the United States Congress, and the American people for their consideration. Ten Commissioners--five Republicans and five Democra...

...CONTENTS List of Illustrations and Tables ix Member List xi Staff List xiii?xiv Preface xv 1. ?WE HAVE SOME PLANES? 1 1.1 Inside the Four Flights 1 1.2 Improvising a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION O...

... One and Two by Alexis de Tocqueville, trans. Henry Reeve is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...itor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...hese absurd and pernicious doctrines received the sanction not only of the governors and the legislative bodies, but also of the courts of justice in ... ...In the first place it is to be remarked, that if in a democratic State the governors have less honesty and less capacity than else- where, the governe... ...d manufacture centres in the hands of the Anglo-Americans. But the case of Texas is still more striking: the State of T exas is a part of Mexico, and ... ...reseen that if Mexico takes no steps to check this change, the province of Texas will very shortly cease to belong to that government. If the differen... ...adopted by the legislatures of the Southern States, the con- duct of their Governors, and the decrees of their courts of justice, we shall be convince... ... exas. The inhabitants of the United States are perpetually migrat- ing to Texas, where they purchase land; and although they conform to the laws of t...

...Excerpt: In the eleven years that separated the Declaration of the Independence of the United States from the completion of that act in the ordination of our written Constitution, the great minds of America were bent upon the study of the principles of government that were essential t...

...WHAT IS MAN? WHAT IS MAN? AND OTHER ESSAYS OF MARK TWAIN (Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835 1910) What Is Man and Other ... ...Man and Other Essays by Mark T wain (Samuel L. Clemens) is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in ... ...inct. O.M. She has cows, and milks them. Y.M. Instinct, of course. O.M. In Texas she lays out a farm twelve feet square, plants it, weeds it, cultivat... ...subject of conversation in the world, the gilded generals and admirals and governors were discussing him, all the kings and queens and emper ors had ...

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