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Foreign Policy Roles of the President and Congress
Independent ActionOccasionally the President undertakes a dramatic or sudden foreign policy action before Congress is fully informed about it. Congress then is faced with the dilemma of supporting the action or being charged with undercutting the President before the world. Congress usually supports the President, but on occasion it tries to halt or reverse the policy or pass legislation to restrain the President from similar actions in the future.When President Reagan launched a military invasion of Grenada on October 24, 1983, Congress essentially supported the President in his stated effort to prevent the formation of a Communist foothold there. Although bo ... [Read More]
Background Notes Archive - South Asia
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE BACKGROUND NOTES: INDIA PUBLISHED BY THE BUREAU OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS JULY 1994 Official Name: Republic of India PROFILE Geography Area: 3.3 million sq. km. (1.3 million sq. mi.); about the size of the U.S. east of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers. Cities: Capital--New Delhi (pop. 8.5 mil-lion). Other major cities--Bombay (12.6 million), Calcutta (11.7 million), Madras (5.7 million), Bangalore (4.6 mil-lion), Hyderabad (3.5 million), Ahmedabad (3.6 million). Terrain: Varies from Himalayas to flat river valleys. Climate: Temperate to subtropical monsoon. People Nationality: Noun and adjective--Indian(s). Population (1993 est.): 891 million; urban 27%. Annual growth rate: 2.1%. Density: 271/sq. km. Ethnic groups: Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid 2%, others. Religions: Hindu 82.6%, Muslim 11.4%, Christian 2.4%, Sikh 2%, Jain 0.5%, Buddhist 0.7%, Parsi 0.2%. Languages: Hindi, English, and 14 other official languages. ... [Read More]
USIS Washington File: TRANSCRIPT: CLINTON REMARKS AT NDI HARRIMAN AWARDS DINNER DEC. 8
But the people on the other side of the Atlantic still deserve the lion's share of the credit. Many of them are here -- Gerry Adams, Lord John Alderdice, David Ervine, Monica McWilliams, Gary McMichael, Malachi Curran -- there are others. I thank Tony Blair, Bertie Ahern, their predecessors, John Bruton, Albert Reynolds, John Major, Mo Mowlam -- one of a kind. ... [Read More]
USIS Washington File: TEXT: ALBRIGHT REMARKS AT WESLEYAN UNIVERSITYFEBRUARY 6
The consensus today is less solid. During the past 18 months, the financial shocks that began in Asiapulled tens of millions of people back into poverty. The result has been political turmoil, and doubts in somequarters about the wisdom of economic liberalization. ... The President has outlined a number of conditions that must be met before considering the commitment oftroops to Kosovo. For example, there must be agreement between the parties. Europe must provide the Lion'sshare of any peacekeeping force. And the military mission must be clear. ... [Read More]
Background Notes Archive - South Asia
U.S. Department of StateBackground Notes: India, November 1997Released by Bureau of South Asian AffairsOfficial Name: Republic Of IndiaPROFILEGeographyArea: 3.3 million sq. km. (1.3 million sq. mi.); about 1/3 the size of the U.S.Cities: Capital--New Delhi (pop. 9 million). Other major cities--Mumbai (formerly Bombay) (13 million), Calcutta (12 million), Chennai (formerly Madras)(6 million), Bangalore (5 million), Hyderabad (3.5 million), Ahmedabad (3.6 million).Terrain: Varies from Himalayas to flat river valleys.Climate: Temperate to subtropical monsoon.People Nationality: Noun and adjective--Indian(s).Population: (1997 est.) 952 million; urban 27%.Annual growth rate: 2.1%.Density: 271/sq. km.Ethnic Groups: Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid 2%, others. Religions: Hindu 82%, Muslim 12%, Christian 2.5%, Sikh 2%, other groups including Buddhist, Jain, Parsi, etc. 1.5%.Languages: Hindi, English, and 14 other official languages.Education: Years compulsory--9 (to age ... [Read More]
Policy and Program Developments
Fighting the drug trade is a dominant element in a broader struggle against corruption. Drug organizations possess and wield the ultimate instrument of corruption: money. The drug trade has access to almost unimaginable quantities of it. No commodity is so widely available, so cheap to produce and so easily renewable as illegal drugs. They offer enormous profit margins that allow the drug trade to generate criminal revenues on a scale without historical precedent. For example, assuming an average U.S. retail street price of one hundred dollars a gram, a metric ton of pure cocaine is worth $100 million on the streets of the United States; twice as much if the drug is cut with additives. That same metric ton typically would have cost around $3,000,000 ($3,000 per kilogram) when it left Colombia. Few legitimate businesses can boast of a 30-fold return. At $100 per gram, the approximately 100 metric tons of cocaine that the USG typically seizes each year could theor ... [Read More]
International Narcotics Control Strategy Reports
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORTMARCH 1995BUREAU FOR INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRS FINANCIAL CRIMES AND MONEY LAUNDERING11995 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORTOVERVIEWThere were a number of significant accomplishments in the world of money laundering in 1994, and a number of new and/or intensified concerns. Accomplishments and concerns are summarized here and explained in detailed sections below.Accomplishments. Several financial center governments, such as Singapore and Panama, have adopted broad, new anti-money laundering policies and/or laws, and a number of governments were in the final stages of presenting/adopting new legislation.The Financial Action Task Force completed the evaluations of each of its 26 member governments, all conducted by outside experts and all culminating in recommendations for changes and improvements which will be monitored through continuing examinations be ... [Read More]
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