...political offices. Some of the best American politicians that have ever lived were women. One of these influential women is Condoleezza Rice, who would come to be the first African-American woman to become Secretary of State. Although she grew up being treated as an inferior because of her race, she became one of the most famous and influential female politicians....
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...The characteristics of a leader are to be agreed upon by many: intelligence, strong will, authoritative, influential…it takes great focus of mind and strength to triumph over goals and provide examples for followers. We need leaders. We need guidance and motivation, a clear head in the surrounding chaos to depend on. The necessary qualities of a leader will perpetually spark debates, but what can be agreed upon we can break down into three similar elements or categories. According to the readings, leadership is first and foremost a “group phenomenon”, meaning there can be no leader without a follower, and that leadership will always involve influence and/or persuasion over said follower(s). Second, leadership is “goal directed.” A leader’s actions are purposeful, and center on assisting a certain group to attain specific achievements. Lastly, “the presence of leaders assumes some form of hierarchy within a group.” That hierarchy can be strictly influenced by one commanding officer, or it can be loose and informal, with many voices being heard. If you Google Colin Powell, words like success, power, and influence appear bold and demanding throughout every page. More importantly is how often the word leadership shines through. Unlike the many other powerful adjectives used to define him, the word leader is apparent in each and every search result of his name. Powell himself states “a successful leader is somebody who has the ability to inspire followers,” and inspire, he does...
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...Condoleezza Rice was the 66th and first black female Secretary of State appointed by President George W. Bush in 2005. Her accomplishments created a national spotlight. She became a faculty member at Stanford University while in her twenties and continued to excel through academics as well as on a national scale. Dr. Rice reached her success by her own accord. She grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, during the civil rights era with a strong family influence. Both of her parents were teachers and emphasized the importance of education. She is an accomplished pianist and speaks several languages to include French and Russian. Prior to the appointment to Secretary of State, Dr. Rice became the Nation Security Advisor during President George W. Bush first term in the presidency (Rice 2008). Dr. Rice studied political science at Stanford University and served as Provost. Dr. Rice’s expertise is concentrated on areas of Soviet Union and European countries. During the 1980’s Dr. Rice closely worked with Security of State George P. Shultz under President Ronald Regan. She was part of a forum, which held frequent meetings on foreign affairs. Dr. Rice served as a Soviet expert on the United States National Security Council, (Rice 2011). Serving on the council came during the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union. Dr. Rice served as Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. She helped develop Secretary of State James Baker’s policies in favor...
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...War on Terrorism Case Study Analysis GM530 Managerial Decision Making Week6 Assignment Keller Graduate School of Management Ravi Murugan February 14 2011 Prof. Marc Friedman Discuss the different decision personalities/styles advising Bush. Bush’s war cabinet consisted of a select group of senior administration officials. They were George Bush, Richard Cheney, Andrew Card, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, George Tenet, Robert Mueller, Donald Rumsfeld, John Ashcroft, Henry Shelton, Paul O’Neill, Paul Wolfowitz and Richard Armitage who held secret meetings for weeks and had experience in foreign affairs. Five of these people planned and executed the Persian Gulf War with bush’s father and so had his trust (Cheney, Rice, Powell, Wolfowitz and Armitage). For our personalities discussion I am selecting just the key persons who were advising or feeding input on different matters. i) George W. Bush: He prefers to lead by setting a broad direction and delegating responsibilities to trusted subordinates and leans heavily on his advisors. He is careful in his selection and chooses loyal people who are given goals and left to work on it. His lack of foreign policy experience contributed to his heavy reliance on his counsel and advisors. He knew how to delegate authority and hold people accountable for their responsibilities and authority. He listened more and then made a decision, which he stands firm to. He is more of not the details oriented person but draw a clear outline...
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...The leader whom I researched is Retired General Colin Powell. He grew up in a tough neighborhood, educated in the public school system and went to City College in New York. After completing the schools ROTC’s program and graduating, Colin Powell was commissioned as an Army second lieutenant. He held many leadership positions to include National Security Advisor during the Reagan Administration, becoming the 12th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the highest position in the Defense Department, and becoming the first African –American to become Secretary of State during the Bush administration. Colin Powell received some of the best training the military, and the country, but stands out from his peers as being one of the few individuals who can traverse political party lines and lead diverse individuals and organizations. He said “leaders must be passionate, demonstrate selflessness, and empower their people to do their jobs.” Below are some examples that show why he exhibits the 7 competencies of an effective leader: Ethics Competency: Colin Powell shows ethics competency by having the knowledge, skills and abilities to incorporate values and principles that distinguish right from wrong. When he was the National Security Advisor he found that he product the military produced seldom did not meet the policy maker’s needs. “He believed that it was his responsibility to initiate change in strategy and he did not want to be accused of not responding to world events.”...
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...regularly scheduled continent-wide exercises. “Numerous types of civilian and military aircraft were used as mock hijacked aircraft,” the statement said. “These exercises tested track detection and identification; scramble and interception; hijack procedures; internal and external agency coordination and operational security and communications security procedures.” A White House spokesman said Sunday that the Bush administration was not aware of the NORAD exercises. But the exercises using real aircraft show that at least one part of the government thought the possibility of such attacks, though unlikely, merited scrutiny. On April 8, the commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks heard testimony from national security adviser Condoleezza Rice that the White House didn’t anticipate hijacked planes being used as weapons. On April 12, a watchdog group, the Project on Government Oversight, released a copy of an...
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...Condoleezza Rice: Powerful Leader Joy Martin Born November 14, 1954, Condoleezza Rice is the only child of John and Angelena Rice. Condoleezza was taught from birth that nothing was impossible; through education and hard work, one could achieve anything. As a result of this upbringing, Condoleezza Rice has proven her steadfast resolve and superior leadership skills as an education scholar, high-profile political figure, and a business advisor. Condoleezza’s education un-officially began at age 3. At age 3, in 1958, Angelena Rice walked her daughter, Condoleezza, to 1st grade class at Fairfield Elementary. Condoleezza refused to stay in class. This event happened repeatedly until Condoleezza told her parents that she did not want to go back to that class. Condoleezza’s parents finally abandoned this attempt at really early childhood education (Rice, 2010, p. 6). Condoleezza’s parents were convinced that “education was a kind of armor shielding me against everything-even the deep racism in Birmingham and across America” (Rice, 2010, p. 6). Condoleezza’s education was diverse and accelerated. At age 13, Condoleezza had her political awakening due to the assassination of Dr. King, the Tet Offensive, and Vietnam images (Rice, 2010, p. 121). At St. Mary’s High School, Condoleezza took the PSAT. The counselor called Condoleezza into review the results. “You didn’t do very well,” the counselor stated, “Perhaps you should consider junior college” (Rice, 2010, p. 138)...
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...Condoleezza Rice Condoleezza Rice was born November 14, 1954 in Birmingham, Alabama in the midst of the Jim Crow era. The only child of a school teacher Angelena, and a high school guidance counselor and preacher John, she started her life with rather humble beginnings, enduring the hardships of the South’s prejudices, witnessing how her father was not allowed to vote as a democrat, because he was black, something that would later shape her decision to join the republican party in 1982, as she stated at the 2000 Republican National Convention "My father joined the republican party because the Democrats in Jim Crow Alabama would not register him to vote. The Republicans did”. Thus making the things she dreamt of as a young child come to fruition. Despite the prejudices of the time era she grew up in she never allowed anyone’s ignorance and prejudice due to her being black, to stop her from pursuing an education or achieving her political goals. It would be through her parents John and Angelena Rice that Condoleezza learned that she could be anything she wanted to be in life, despite her society’s racial prejudices, if she worked hard to achieve it. Her parents provided her with a plethora of support and instilled in her a sense of self pride, faith, and responsibility, telling their daughter that "they wanted her to be free of any kind of shackles, mentally or physically”. John Rice also coached football and used his knowledge of the game to teach his daughter about tactics...
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...Condoleezza Rice was an only child and her parents always wanted her involved in everything. Rice’s father was a huge football fan. At a young age Rice enjoyed watching football. Rice states, “According to my Grandmother, I would become so excited at the prospect of going to the game that I would pester her all day about the time. ‘When is it going to be two o’clock?’” (Rice pg. 42). Because of this over asked question Rice’s mother taught her how tell time. Also, she thanks football for that skill. Rice’s father had a huge impact on her life. When she was young her father taught her how to dance. He also had an impact on what her favorite football team was. Rice’s mentions in her book how she grew up a Cleveland brown fan. Today, she is still...
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...NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA THESIS THE CHINA-INDIA-PAKISTAN WATER CRISIS: PROSPECTS FOR INTERSTATE CONFLICT by James F. Brennan September 2008 Thesis Co-Advisors: Alice Lyman Miller Feroz Khan Approved for public release, distribution is unlimited THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE Form Approved OMB No. 0704-0188 Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1 hour per response, including the time for reviewing instruction, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to Washington headquarters Services, Directorate for Information Operations and Reports, 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 1204, Arlington, VA 22202-4302, and to the Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project (0704-0188) Washington DC 20503. 1. AGENCY USE ONLY (Leave blank) 2. REPORT DATE 3. REPORT TYPE AND DATES COVERED September 2008 Master’s Thesis 4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE: The China-India-Pakistan Water Crisis: Prospects for 5. FUNDING NUMBERS Interstate Conflict 6. AUTHOR(S) James F. Brennan, Lieutenant, United States Navy 7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, CA 93943-5000 9. SPONSORING /MONITORING AGENCY...
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...Methodology In my thesis I utilized the quantitative content analysis method. There are many definitions of this research method from different authors. Most of the definitions include similar principles. The research should be systematical, objective, quantitative and replicable. Daniel Riff introduced in his book the major definition and compiled their aspects into his own. He says: “Quantitative content analysis is the systematic and replicable examination of symbols of communication, which have been assigned numeric values according to valid measurement rules, and the analysis of relationships involving those values using statistical methods, to describe the communication, draw inferences about its meaning, or infer from the communication...
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...Topic of the lesson Politics has a female face Objectives: SWBAT (students will be able to) * Use proper vocabulary on the topic * Be ready to discuss the problems of gender stereotypes in politics * Develop their critical thinking * Express their thoughts and opinions in debates * Develop their listening skills Materials needed: * Tapescript for the text for listening * Handouts for reading and discussing * Dictionaries Time required: 90 minutes The quotation of the lesson "Whether women are better than men I cannot say, but I can say they are certainly no worse." - Golda Meir, PM of Israel The motto of the lesson “We can do it” The procedure I. Organization moment. Greeting (Організаційний момент. Привітання The lesson begins with a chant “Don’t worry, I’ll do it” by C.Graham in a form of dialogue. St. Don’t worry, I’ll do it That’s a promise. T. You will? St. Of course, I will I’ll do it. You’ll see. That’s a promise. T. Don’t forget! St. Don’t worry. I won’t. That’s a promise. You’ll see. You can count on me. II. Motivation. (Мотивація навчальної діяльності) You are hard-working and educated persons. Today I expect you to be active at the lesson, express your opinions and share your brilliant ideas on the topic. III. Introduction to the topic. (Підведення до теми уроку) Look at these pictures. Do you know these people? What are these women famous for? What countries do they represent? IV...
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...American Holidays The following are holidays that we celebrate in the United States: New Years Eve and New Years Day New Years Day is the first day of the year, January 1st. it is a celebration of the old year and the new one to come. People make New Years Resolutions each New Years and promise themselves that they will keep this resolution until next year. New Years Eve is a major social event. Clubs everywhere are packed with party-goers who stay out all night and go nuts at midnight. At midnight it is a tradition to make lots of noise. The traditional New Years Ball is dropped every year in Times Square in New York City at 12 o’clock. This event can be seen all over the world on television. Valentine’s Day Saint Valentine’s Day is a day that is set aside to promote the idea of “love”. It is celebrated on February 14th. People send greeting cards or gifts to loved one and friends to shoe them that they care. Easter Easter is a major Christian holiday that commemorates the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is celebrated on Sunday between March 22 and April 25. The 40 days leading up to Easter are observed as Lent. Besides the religious aspects of Easter, people also celebrate spring or the sign of the new life. Flowers are seen everywhere. There are often Easter Parades such as the one in New York City where people dress up in their new spring clothes. Children receive Easter baskets filled with candy Easter eggs, chocolate bunnies and jelly beans! The dying...
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...Indo-U.S. Relations in the Post Cold - War Period (1992-2006) By Debasish Nandi Supervisor : Dr. Abhijit Ghosh October, 2012 Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment to the Ph.D (Arts) Degree in Political Science Department of Political Science, The University of Burdwan, Golapbag, Burdwan, Pin - 713104, West Bengal, India. Content Page No. 1. Preface 2. Acknowledgement I-II III 3. Abbreviations IV-VI 4. Chapter - 1 : Introduction 1-10 5.Chapter - 2 : Indo-U.S. Relations in the Cold War Period 11-41 6.Chapter - 3 : Indo-US Diplomatic Ties in the Post- Cold War Period 42-79 7.Chapter - 4 : Indo-U.S. Economic, Technological and Scientific Co-operation 80-131 8.Chapter - 5 : 9/11 Incident: US Attitude towards Terrorism Vis-à-vis India and Pakistan 132-169 9.Chapter - 6 : India’s Nuclear Links with the USA 170-204 10. Chapter - 7 : Conclusion 205-214 11. Select Bibliography 215-237 Preface Indo-U.S. relations constitute important and influential relations in this world politics. It influences not only the U.S.-Pakistani and the Sino-Indian relations to a great extent; ‘Indo-U.S. relations in the post-Cold War period (1992-2006)’ has been the title of the present dissertation. Beginning against the back ground of the U.S.-Pakistani Arms Assistance Agreement of 1954, the Indo-U.S. relations had witnessed many ups and down in the following years. For example, there had been flourishes...
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...FRONTLINE JANUA RY 1 3, 2 012 WWW.FRONTLINE.IN INDIA’S NATIONAL MAGAZINE RS.25 WORLD AFFAIRS IRAQ FOOD SECURITY PDS CLIMATE CHANGE DURBAN Exit America 49 What people say 96 Uncertain stand 114 Remembering TAGORE On his 150th birth anniversary VOLUME 28 NUMBER 27 TH E STAT E S Fiery trap in Kolkata 41 SC IE NCE Higgs signal? 44 WOR L D A F F A I R S Iraq: Exit America War crimes in the trash Russia: December Revolution Pakistan: Volatile state India & China: Troubled equations DECEMBER 31, 2011 - JANUARY 13, 2012 C O V ER S T O RY 49 52 ISSN 0970-1710 Timeless Tagore As an activist, thinker, poet and rural reconstructionist, Rabindranath Tagore continues to be relevant. A tribute on the 150th anniversary of his birth. 4 WWW.FRONTLINE.IN Jayati Ghosh: Mess in eurozone R.K. Raghavan: A lost battle? 108 118 BOOKS LE TTE R S 73 127 54 57 61 TR AVE L Jungles of Borneo 64 AR T Achuthan Kudallur’s journey 85 H ISTOR Y Of Quit India, Nehru & Communist split 89 FOOD SEC UR I T Y Understanding the PDS Kerala: Power of literacy Bihar: Coupon fiasco Jharkhand: Strong revival Chhattisgarh: Loud no to cash E CONOM Y Losing momentum Interview: C. Rangarajan, Chairman, PMEAC CL IM A TE C H A N G E Uncertain stand in Durban CONTR OV E R S Y Mullaperiyar dispute: Deep distrust Fallout of fear OBITU A R Y Humble genius: Mario Miranda Korea’s...
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