Lee Daniels “The Butler” This is sort of the story of Eugene Allen, an African-American who was a butler at the White House from 1952 to 1986. During his period in office, he served presidents from Harry Truman to Ronald Reagan. In Lee Daniels’ The Butler Allen’s fictionalized substitute is Cecil Gaines who is played by actor, director, and producer Forest Whitaker, who leaves his burdened Southern life behind to start a new life in working in our nation’s capital. Much to the delight of his wife
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On September 5, 1995 in Beijing China, Hilary Clinton delivered her speech Women’s Rights are Human Rights at the United Nations fourth world conference on women. While giving her speech Clinton spoke forcefully and passionately to a room full of men and women. Clinton made sure to speak from experience and emotion, and that’s how she connected with her audience. In her speech she targeted the government and organizations who don't stand up for their grandmothers, moms, sisters, daughters, and cousins
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Would You Stand By Your Man? Dateline: 08/19/98 He Admits He Had A Relationship... Only if you've been living in a cave for the last few months would you not know what that means. Bill Clinton, the President of the United States, has finally admitted that he indeed did have a 'relationship' with Monica Lewinsky. May we hear something we didn't already know? The sad fact is that seeking the truth has taken up so much time in a world that has better things to do. Why Does Hillary Stay? It's
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Donald Trump, the man to win the elections against the women Hillary Clinton. Many people were shocked and surprised with the results of what happened in the elections. Controversy struck on the media and mostly anywhere with a ton of riots in the streets. President Trump is now the current 45th president of the United States. His first was on January 11, 2017. Donald j, Trump our current President has said many things, some have not been well implied but he has talked about focusing and working
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There is a lot that goes into being the president, it definitely is not an easy job. Being the president you are trying to lead a whole country (along with influencing the world) to a better future. That is extremely difficult to do because you can’t please everyone it is impossible. The president is in charge of a lot of roles like running the executive branch that one being the big one. He wages the wars that congress declares, which is a heavy thing to bare. He nominates judges and negotiates
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candidates Clinton and Sanders have similar issues that they say they want to focus on, however they both have different approaches in addressing a corrupt economic system, mass incarceration, and educational opportunities. Some people believe that Clinton will do more to take down a corrupt economy, because she has went to lower income communities and talked to the
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Haiti was the immigration situations surrounding both countries. President Clinton felt and saw the potential for thousands of immigrants to make their way towards U.S. soil all at once if he and his administration did not act to deter this from happening. When looking at each country President Clinton had good reason to be cautious and somewhat fearful of a swell in immigration based off of his past experiences in office. Clinton, while concerned with the Cuban-American community, had greater concerns
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Dr. Devine started out his talk about the VP by asking who they were and why they matter. He explained that their Constitutional duties were to open the votes from the electoral college, cast a vote to break ties in the Senate, and basically wait for the President to die. Beginning with Mondale and continuing on up to Biden, the VPs have taken on a more powerful role in the government. Mondale started it by sitting in on Cabinet meetings and National Security Council meetings. After him, the government
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For example, when Clinton said, “when I hear something like that, I am reminded of what my friend Michelle Obama advised us all. When they go low, you go high”(CBSNewsOnline) it showed that she is already connected to power and that she is associated with the First Lady and the whole presidential family. Once she brought in the First Lady it gave her a step up from trump because she now got the support from the civilians that love Michelle Obama. There
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I would like to introduce to you an African American in tech known primarily for his success, and creativity as head of business development at Foursquare, which he joined in 2009, and left in 2012. He was born July 5, 1984. Raised by a single mother, in Queens New York where his father was shot, and killed when he was 4 years old. This young man, attended New York Public School, Hotchkiss, and an elite boarding school in Connecticut. He graduated valedictorian, SUNY Stony Brook, 2002–2005, and later
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