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1 online resource (ix, 191 pages). |
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data file rda |
| Series |
Reference shelf ; v. 83, no. 6 |
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Reference shelf ; v. 83, no. 6.
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| Contents |
I: The Arab spring: the United States and the Middle East. "Foreign policy must be about priorities" / Richard N. Haass -- A renewed sense of possibility of change: the peoples of Central Asia respond to the Arab spring / Paul A. Goble -- Remarks on the Middle East and North America / Barack Obama -- Denying terrorist safe havens: homeland security efforts to counter threats from Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia / Daniel L. Byman -- II: The Rise of China. The future of power / Joseph S. Nye, Jr. -- New interest groups in Chinese foreign policy / Erica S. Downs -- Consequential China: U.S.-China Relations in a time of transition / Franklin Lavin -- America's challenge / Martin Feldstein -- III: Political partisanship after Tuscon. "This is a time to make peace in America" / Raúl M. Grijalva -- "The hopes of a nation are here tonight" / Barack Obama -- "It's time to do the big things" / Chris Christie -- "If we don't believe in Americans, who will?" / Mitch Daniels -- IV: Government secrecy after WikiLeaks. "Let the eyes of vigilance never be closed" / Ron Paul -- Secrecy in our open society / Gabriel Schoenfeld -- Dissecting the "WikiMyths" / Thomas Blanton -- V: Feminism in the 21st century. Seattle Inspire Luncheon: keynote address / Gloria Steinem -- Reinventing feminism / Courtney Martin -- New data on the rise of women / Hanna Rosin -- Feminism has become a hot topic / Phyllis Schlafly -- VI: The American food system. How I fell in love with a fish / Dan Barber -- Ending hunger: the people and Congress / David Beckmann -- Anxiety, allure, and the meanings of industrial eating / Aaron Bobrow-Strain -- Innovation in American agriculture, sustainable solutions to help feed the world / Tom Vilsack -- Cumulative Speaker Index. |
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Includes index. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
The articles collected in this volume are speeches, from Democrats, Republicans, and members of the newly formed conservative Tea Party, centered on the federal budget, deficit and the efforts to reduce both in the face of a persistently slow economy and high unemployment. |
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Print version record. |
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Speeches, addresses, etc., American.
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Speeches, addresses, etc.
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United States -- Politics and government.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Speech.
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Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
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Speeches, addresses, etc. (OCoLC)fst01129318
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Speeches, addresses, etc., American. (OCoLC)fst01129325
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Added Author |
Boucher, Brian.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Representative American speeches 2010-2011. Ipswich, Mass. : H.W. Wilson, 2011 9780824211127 (OCoLC)770993207 |
| ISBN |
9780824212605 (electronic bk.) |
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0824212606 (electronic bk.) |
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