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FM 7-0: Training for Full Spectrum Operations
" FM 7-0 addresses the fundamentals of training modular, expeditionary Army forces to conduct full spectrum operations--simultaneous offensive, defensive, and stability or civil support operations--in an era of persistent conflict. Conducting effective training for full spectrum operations must be a top priority of senior leaders during both force generation and operational deployments. FM 7-0 incorporates new tenets for training modular organizations to conduct full spectrum operations. However, the manual has further developed the concepts in the 2002 version as well. [...]. In addition, the manual emphasizes that commanders should leverage the combat experience of seasoned individuals and their leaders in developing training plans. [...]. FM 7-0 is organized as follows: Chapter 1 discusses the environment in which training and operations occur. It stresses the need for the Army to prepare for full spectrum operations. The chapter concludes by discussing the aim point concept used to focus training on the most likely operational environments. Chapter 2 focuses on the Army's seven principles of training and the supporting tenets that apply at all organizational levels and across all components. Chapter 3 describes the Army Training System, defines training and education, describes the three training domains, and provides a brief discussion of leader development. Chapter 4 describes Army training management. It begins by describing the effects of Army force generation and modular organizations on training management. Then it addresses how to develop the mission-essential task list. The bulk of the chapter discusses how to use the Army's training management model to plan, prepare, execute, and assess training."
United States. Department of the Army
2008-12
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Statement of Administration Policy S. 3036 - Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act (Sen. Boxer (D) CA) [June 2, 2008]
"The Administration believes that climate change is an important issue and is taking significant domestic and international actions to address it. As Congress debates this important issue, it must recognize that bad legislation would raise fuel prices and raise taxes on Americans without accomplishing the important goals the Administration shares. This debate should be guided by certain core principles and a clear appreciation that there is a right way and a wrong way to approach reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The right way is: to set realistic goals for reducing emissions consistent with advances in technology, while increasing our energy security and ensuring growth in our economy; to adopt policies that spur investment in new technologies needed to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions without unreasonable burdens on consumers and workers; to expand emission-free nuclear power generation and encourage the investments necessary to produce electricity from coal without releasing carbon into the air; to ensure that all major economies are bound to take action and to work cooperatively with our partners for a fair and effective international climate agreement; to lower trade barriers and create a global free market for clean energy technologies, making advanced technology more affordable and available in the developing world; and to prevent the misapplication of other environmental laws, such as the Clean Air Act, the Endangered Species Act and the National Environmental Policy Act, not designed to address greenhouse gases as part of any new GHG specific framework."
United States. Office of Management and Budget
Lieberman, Joseph I.; Boxer, Barbara; Warner, John
2008-06-02
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Statement of Administration Policy H.R. 6842 - National Capital Security and Safety Act (Del. Norton (D) District of Columbia and Rep. Waxman (D) California) [July 16, 2008]
"The Administration is committed to the effective conduct of United States intelligence activities under the law to protect the Nation. Regrettably, enactment of H.R. 5959 as reported is inconsistent with that objective. The Administration acknowledges that the bill contains some provisions requested by the Administration that support the mission and function of the Intelligence Community, including sections 302, 304, 313, 319, 401, and 402. However, the bill contains other provisions, many of which the Administration has objected to in the past, that conflict with the effective conduct of intelligence activities, the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission, and arrangements that for decades have balanced congressional oversight responsibility with the need to restrict access to intelligence information to safeguard sources and methods used to acquire that information. Accordingly, the Administration strongly opposes enactment of H.R. 5959. If H.R. 5959 were presented to the President, the President's senior advisors would recommend that he veto the bill, especially if the bill includes any of the following provisions:"
United States. Office of Management and Budget
Reyes, Silvestre
2008-07-16
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Statement of Administration Policy H.R. 2768 - Supplemental Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act (Rep. Miller (D) CA and 24 cosponsors) [January 15, 2008]
"In 2006, the President signed the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response (MINER) Act -- the most significant mine safety legislation in nearly 30 years. The Administration has worked with miners, mine owners, miners' representatives, and other stakeholders in the mining industry to meet the safety improvement goals set forth in the original MINER act, including issuing regulations to strengthen emergency mine evacuation practices, improve the strength requirements for seals, and increase civil penalties. In addition, on December 26, 2007, the President signed the Omnibus Appropriations Act, which mandates additional rulemaking on belt air and refuge chambers on rigorous timetables. H.R. 2768, the Supplemental Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act -- the 'SMINER' bill -- would place in jeopardy meaningful achievements and efforts currently underway as a result of these measures. In particular, several of the regulatory mandates in the S-MINER bill would weaken several existing regulations and overturn regulatory processes that were required by the MINER Act and are ongoing. These changes would provide no opportunity for stakeholder participation in the regulatory process and would impose burdensome and unrealistic time requirements. The S-MINER bill also would fundamentally change the investigation of mining accidents and jeopardize the ability to hold mine operators accountable for violations of mine safety regulations. For these reasons, the Administration strongly opposes House passage of the bill. If H.R. 2768 were presented to the President in its current form, the President's senior advisors would recommend he veto the bill."
United States. Office of Management and Budget
Miller, George
2008-01-15
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Statement of Administration Policy S. 2634 - To Require a Report on U.S. Global Strategy to Combat and Defeat Al Qaeda (Sen. Feingold (D) WI and two others) [February 26, 2008]
"The Administration strongly opposes S. 2634. By purporting to require Executive branch officials to produce a report that reflects a legislatively determined strategy, S. 2634 improperly may inhibit the President's constitutional authority as Commander in Chief to plan and direct military operations. The reporting mandate imposes constraints that may conflict with the considered judgment of our military commanders and risks, if complied with in the field, hindering the flexibility of our commanders. In addition, the bill infringes on the President's authority under Article II, section 3 of the Constitution to determine the timing and content of all legislative measures he recommends to Congress. Furthermore, the bill also attempts to impermissibly limit the President's constitutional authority to withhold information, the disclosure of which could impair foreign relations, national security, or the deliberative processes of the Executive. Finally, the bill ignores the present statutory framework to keep Congress fully informed while protecting classified information. For these reasons, if S. 2634 were presented to the President, his senior advisors would recommend that he veto the bill."
United States. Office of Management and Budget
Feingold, Russell D.
2008-02-26
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Statement of Administration Policy H.R. 5522 - The Combustible Dust Explosion and Fire Prevention Act of 2008 (Rep. Miller (D) CA and 32 cosponsors) [April 29, 2008]
"The Administration strongly opposes House passage of H.R. 5522, which would require the Secretary of Labor to issue interim and final occupational safety and health standards regarding worker exposure to combustible dust. The Administration recognizes the hazards of combustible dust in the workplace and is committed to protecting American workers from exposure to such hazards. The Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) currently enforces seventeen standards that collectively provide protections against combustible dust hazards. The Administration has serious concerns with the expedited and one-size-fits-all regulatory approach required by the bill, which will impact as many as 200,000 workplaces in a variety of industries throughout the United States. If H.R. 5522 were presented to the President, his senior advisors would recommend that he veto the bill."
United States. Office of Management and Budget
Miller, George
2008-04-29
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U.S. Perspectives on International Criminal Justice [November 14, 2008]
This State Department prepared statement are remarks by John B. Bellinger, III , Legal Adviser to the Secretary of State speaking at the Fletcher School of Law on November 14, 2008. The following is taken from the text," Tonight, I'd like to discuss the United States ' approach to international criminal justice generally, and in particular, our views on the various international criminal tribunals. Let me start by making a few points about the overall U.S. approach in this area. First, the United States has been a consistent supporter of international criminal justice. This fact is often lost on critics, who tend to focus on the United States' objections to certain aspects of the International Criminal Court. There is sometimes a mistaken impression that this Administration opposes international tribunals, including international criminal tribunals. Not so. The fact is that U.S. support is vital to the operation of these institutions, and the United States is among the largest providers of financial, political, and technical support for international criminal justice. Indeed, the United States recognizes that international criminal tribunals, in the right circumstances, play a key role in ensuring accountability for those who commit war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity."
United States. Department of State. Office of the Legal Adviser
Bellinger, John B., III
2008-11-14
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Problem for Main Street: Why Economic Stabilization is Necessary
"The tight squeeze in credit markets, if left unaddressed, has several potential ramifications. [...]. In short, what critics deride as a huge 'bailout for Wall Street' in fact aims at preventing painful consequences on Main Street -- consequences that, at worst, could cause a deep and long recession. Separating Wall Street and Main Street is a false dichotomy; they are two sides of the same coin. Throughout the year, the Federal Reserve and the Department of the Treasury -- aware of this potential fallout -- have sought to treat, one by one, the financial market side of the problem, such as the failure of major banks, and the near collapse of the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, among others. But difficulties have continued to mount, suggesting the need for a broad, comprehensive approach. The choices are not appealing. They entail a huge government intervention in the economy, and large potential costs to taxpayers -- made all the more distasteful by the widely shared impression that Congress is just saving imprudent or unscrupulous investors from the problems they created with taxpayers' dollars. But a failure to act invites a far greater risk to U.S. capital and credit markets that in the end will punish all U.S. businesses and families. This paper traces the causes and symptoms of the problem; the signs of a potential recession in the U.S. economy; and some of the effects of the credit crisis already are being felt in the day-today economic life of Americans."
United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Budget
2008-10-03
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Understanding the Dilemma of Fannie and Freddie [Updated 22 July 2008]
"The past actions of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, combined with a weakened housing market, have presented Congress and the administration with a significant challenge. Failure to respond could lead to a financial crisis (known as 'systemic risk'). On the other hand, bailing out Fannie and Freddie puts the taxpayer in the position of absorbing the losses of these for-profit firms in bad times, while the firms' employees and shareholders reap the rewards during good times (known as 'moral hazard'). To address the dilemma, the administration has requested that Congress give the Treasury unlimited authority, through 2009, to provide financial assistance to Fannie and Freddie that is not subject to the debt limit. The Congressional Budget Office has estimated this will increase the budget deficit by $25 billion in 2009 and 2010. This paper summarizes the intended role of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the reasons for their current troubles, and the administration's proposals for their rescue. The paper also suggests what the goals of any legislative remedy should be."
United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Budget
2008-07-17
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Security Guide for Private and Contract Carrier Company Employees
"The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the National Private Truck Council (NPTC) have prepared this guide for companies and are providing it as part of a cooperative effort to improve transportation security. The recommendations contained in this guide are designed to help define and identify potential security threats, as well as gather and report security threat information more effectively. This guide should not be used as a substitute for developing a company's specific security program, policies and procedures."
United States. Transportation Security Administration
2005
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Security Guide for Tank Truck Carrier Employees
"The recommendations contained in this guide are designed to help recognize potential security threats, as well as gather and report security threat information more effectively. The Department of Homeland Security has put these recommendations together to help in daily business activities. However, this guide should not be used as a substitute for company's specific security plans, policies, procedures and training as required by the Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration."
United States. Transportation Security Administration
2005
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Report of the Joint Defense Science Board Intelligence Science Board Task Force on Integrating Sensor-Collected Intelligence
This "is the final report of the Defense Science Board and Intelligence Science Board Joint Task Force on Integrating Sensor Collected Intelligence. As directed, we reviewed the mix and balance of sensors across the spectrum with the goal of identifying gaps and shortfalls and determining the improvements needed in the full cycle from tasking to collection to posting for all and subsequent dissemination of the information gathered by intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) systems. The task force noted the robust plans for acquisition and deployment of airborne ISR with particular emphasis on unmanned platforms. We also observed the more fragile state of satellite-based ISR due to the effects of well-documented execution problems with key overhead sensor acquisition programs and the changing world events that increased demands beyond the capacity of the current and planned capabilities. The report identifies the gaps that could develop as a result of this situation. Many of the most challenging intelligence targets-including detecting WMD and its precursor agents, tracking people and characterizing deeply-buried targets-require that the relevant sensors be in close proximity to the target. The task force discussed the requirements of close-in ISR including unique platforms to deliver the sensor to the target area, specialized sensors to detect the faint signals of interest and tailored exfiltration techniques to get the data back from the sensors. The task force recommended that research and development efforts continue to address the most difficult signatures and the close-in ISR requirements."
United States. Defense Science Board; Intelligence Science Board
2008-11
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Internet Pharmacies: Some Pose Safety Risks for Consumers, Report to the Chairman, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Committee on Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate
"As the demand for and the cost of prescription drugs rise, many consumers have turned to the Internet to purchase drugs. However, the global nature of the Internet can hinder state and federal efforts to identify and regulate Internet pharmacies to help assure the safety and efficacy of products sold. Recent reports of unapproved and counterfeit drugs sold over the Internet have raised further concerns. GAO was asked to examine (1) the extent to which certain drugs can be purchased over the Internet without a prescription; (2) whether the drugs are handled properly, approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and authentic; and (3) the extent to which Internet pharmacies are reliable in their business practices. GAO attempted to purchase up to 10 samples of 13 different drugs, each from a different pharmacy Web site, including sites in the United States, Canada, and other foreign countries. GAO determined whether the samples contained a pharmacy label with patient instructions for use and warnings on the labels or the packaging and forwarded the samples to their manufacturers to determine whether they were approved by FDA and authentic. GAO also confirmed the locations of several Internet pharmacies and identified those under investigation by regulatory agencies."
United States. General Accounting Office
2004-06
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Defense of US Space Assets: A Legal Perspective
"When developing satellite-defense strategies, one must consider a particularly important factor--the law. This article examines how relevant treaties and legal principles affect space warfare. First, it outlines the pertinent international space law, focusing on both United Nations (UN) treaties and conventions and the principles of the Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC), and then analyzes the legality of China's test under these bodies of law. Finally, it discusses the options available to the United States, explaining why the best legal and practical choice is to design better satellites and limit the extension of warfare into outer space." "The U.S. is more dependent on space than any other nation. Yet the threat to the U.S. and its allies in and from space does not command the attention it merits.' This was the conclusion of a space commission headed by former secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld, warning of a possible 'space Pearl Harbor' incident that could exploit the vulnerabilities of US space assets. Gen Lance Lord, former commander of Air Force Space Command, similarly warned that a loss of space assets 'not only cripples our land, air and sea forces but... would have catastrophic consequences to our entire economy.' For example, the accidental loss of a single satellite in 1998 disrupted pagers, television, and radio broadcasts worldwide. It takes little imagination to consider the resulting chaos if multiple satellites were destroyed simultaneously."
Air University (U.S.)
Frey, Adam E.
2008-12-01
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Briefing on the State Department's Role in the Coordination of International Offers of Support Related to Hurricane Katrina
From the text: "On Tuesday, August 30th, the State Department volunteered to assist FEMA with international donations. The Secretary asked me to take charge of that. And we've been working very well with FEMA, HHS, USAID and its subordinate organization, OFDA and other organizations to try to match all of these generous offers we've gotten with the needs of the American people. To date, we've gotten over 95 offers from--I meant, 95 countries have offered us assistance, close to a billion dollars in cash. Eleven flights landed yesterday in Little Rock. We expect another 11 today. But our greatest--the greatest challenge we have is to match the generous offers with the needs of the American people. The last thing we want is someone to offer something that is wonderful, but can't really be utilized. Some countries, for example, Russia, has made offers to us. We haven't refused them, but what we told the Russians was, 'We need MREs' and they sent us MREs. We did the same thing with Germany. We took the MREs. The first thing we took, because we're echoing what the President said, but more importantly, it was easiest to manage was cash. And the cash donations came in and quickly went out to Red Cross and others. So we're doing very well on that. But I want to emphasize we have an, what I think is an excellent process. We have a 24-hour task force on the 7th floor and our task force area is all three rooms are being utilized. OFDA and AID have their own task force in Virginia. We're working closely with them. We have daily videoconferences together, meetings several times a day, briefing the press."
United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Executive Secretary
Thomas, Harry K.
2005-09-07
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Privacy Impact Assessment for the Changes to Requirements Affecting H-2A Nonimmigrants and Changes to Requirements Affecting H-2B Nonimmigrants and Employers Final Rules
"United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is publishing this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) in conjunction with two Final Rules titled Changes to Requirements Affecting H-2A Nonimmigrants and Changes to Requirements Affecting H-2B Nonimmigrants and Employers. The Final Rules announce employers' requirements to notify USCIS when an H-2A or H-2B worker absconds, fails to report for work, or is terminated early and/or when any prohibited fees are collected from aliens as a condition of H-2A or H-2B employment. USCIS has conducted this PIA because the nonimmigrant visa programs associated with these Final Rules involve the collection of personally identifiable information (PII)."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
2008-12-18
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Privacy Impact Assessment for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Modernization/Business Process Improvement/Systems Engineering Management Support (NFIP Information Technology Systems/NextGen)
"The objective of the PIA (Privacy Impact Assessment) is to assist the DHS/FEMA staff to identify and address privacy requirements when planning, developing, implementing, and operating individual agency information management systems. The PIA process also helps to identify sensitive systems so that appropriate information assurance measures are in place. This privacy impact assessment is being conducted in order to outline the NFIP program and how the NextGen Modernization effort affects the information collected and used in the NFIP. [...]The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Modernization, Business Process Improvement, and Systems Engineering Management Support project has transitioned into NFIP IT (NextGen). The NFIP IT NextGen service oriented and integrated systems will support daily reporting by NFIP insurance companies and improve services to stakeholders, especially policy holders."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
2008-11-26
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Privacy Impact Assessment for the Scheduling and Notification of Applicants for Processing
"The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has developed the Scheduling and Notification of Applicants for Processing (SNAP) system. SNAP automatically schedules appointments for immigration benefits for applicants/petitioners (hereafter collectively referred to as 'applicants') to submit biometric information to USCIS. USCIS is conducting this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) because SNAP uses personally identifiable information (PII) to perform its scheduling functions."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
2008-12-15
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Privacy Impact Assessment for the USCIS Customer Relationship Interface System (CRIS)
"The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has developed the Customer Relationship Interface System (CRIS) to provide USCIS customers with the status of pending applications and petitions for benefits and processing time information. This PIA is required because the CRIS database contains personally identifiable information (PII) such as Alien Registration Number (A-Number), full name, date of birth, and address."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
2008-12-04
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Privacy Impact Assessment for the Advanced Passenger Information System-Voluntary Rail and Bus Submissions (APIS-VRBS)
"This is a supplemental Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) update to the previous Advanced Passenger Information System (APIS) PIA (August 8, 2007) to discuss the current state of voluntary rail and bus submission (VRBS) arrangements between U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Amtrak and certain bus carriers to facilitate the transmission of passenger and crew manifest data to CBP for purposes of screening passengers and crew in advance of their crossing the border. This PIA encompasses the current system for screening passengers and baggage on passenger railroad service between the United States and Canada, as required by the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (9/11 Commission Act), Pub. L. No. 110-53 (August 3, 2007), Section 1523(b)(2)."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
2009-02-19
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Handbook for Safeguarding Sensitive Personally Identifiable Information at the Department of Homeland Security [2008]
"This Handbook on Safeguarding Sensitive PII at DHS provides minimum standards that apply to every DHS employee, contractor, detailee, and consultant. Your Component Privacy Officer, Program Office, or System Owner may set additional or more specific rules for handling PII, including Sensitive PII, based on the sensitivity of the information involved. Your supervisor or Component Privacy Officer will be able to direct you to your Component-specific rules. [...] Sensitive PII is personally identifiable information, which if lost, compromised, or disclosed without authorization, could result in substantial harm, embarrassment, inconvenience, or unfairness to an individual. Some categories of PII, when maintained by DHS, are sensitive as stand-alone data elements. Examples of such Sensitive PII include: Social Security number (SSN), alien registration number (A-Number), or biometric identifier. Other data elements such as driver's license number, financial account number, citizenship or immigration status, or medical information, in conjunction with the identity of an individual (directly or indirectly inferred), are also Sensitive PII. In addition, the context of the PII may determine whether the PII is sensitive, such as a list of employee names with poor performance ratings."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
2008-10-31
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Annual Energy Outlook (AEO2008) Overview
"In preparing projections for the Annual Energy Outlook 2008 (AEO2008), the Energy Information Administration (EIA) evaluated a wide range of trends and issues that could have major implications for U.S. energy markets between today and 2030. This overview focuses on one case, the reference case, which is presented and compared with the Annual Energy Outlook 2007 (AEO2007) reference case (see Table 1). Readers are encouraged to review the full range of alternative cases included in other sections of AEO2008."
United States. Department of Energy
2008-06
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DOE Annual Energy Outlook 2009 Early Release
"The Annual Energy Outlook 2009 (AEO2009) reference case released today by the Energy Information Administration presents updated projections for U.S. energy consumption and production through 2030.[...] The full AEO2009 report, including projections with differing assumptions on the price of oil, the rate of economic growth, and the characteristics of new technologies, will be released in early 2009, along with regional projections."
United States. Energy Information Administration
2008-12-17
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Intermodal Explosives Working Group Report
"This paper examines the process used by USCG Captains of the Ports (COTPs) when petitioned to issue a permit for transportation and loading or unloading of commercial explosives through U.S. ports. Commercial explosives, like many other hazardous materials, are essential to our way of life, but involve some risk when transported. DOT's Research and Special Programs Administrations (RSPA's) risk-based hazardous materials transportation regulations (HMR) are intended to mitigate this risk to an acceptable level. Hazardous materials are permitted to move freely in commerce if the established requirements of the HMR are met. However, explosives, through the imposition of additional USCG COTP measures, are often required to meet a 'zero public risk' safe separation requirement based on Department of Defense quantity-distance (Q/D) requirements for Military explosives facilities when a permit request is made to USCG COTPs."
United States. Department of Transportation
2003-02
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Report on Expenditures from the Emergency Response Fund (Amounts as of August 31, 2006)
"In 2006, the President signed the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response (MINER) Act -- the most significant mine safety legislation in nearly 30 years. The Administration has worked with miners, mine owners, miners' representatives, and other stakeholders in the mining industry to meet the safety improvement goals set forth in the original MINER act, including issuing regulations to strengthen emergency mine evacuation practices, improve the strength requirements for seals, and increase civil penalties. In addition, on December 26, 2007, the President signed the Omnibus Appropriations Act, which mandates additional rulemaking on belt air and refuge chambers on rigorous timetables. H.R. 2768, the Supplemental Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act -- the 'SMINER' bill -- would place in jeopardy meaningful achievements and efforts currently underway as a result of these measures. In particular, several of the regulatory mandates in the S-MINER bill would weaken several existing regulations and overturn regulatory processes that were required by the MINER Act and are ongoing. These changes would provide no opportunity for stakeholder participation in the regulatory process and would impose burdensome and unrealistic time requirements. The S-MINER bill also would fundamentally change the investigation of mining accidents and jeopardize the ability to hold mine operators accountable for violations of mine safety regulations. For these reasons, the Administration strongly opposes House passage of the bill. If H.R. 2768 were presented to the President in its current form, the President's senior advisors would recommend he veto the bill."
United States. Office of Management and Budget
2007-01-30
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Statement of Administration Policy H.R. 5167 - Justice for Victims of Torture and Terrorism Act (Representative Braley (D-IA) and 37 cosponsors) [September 15, 2008]
"While the Administration shares the profound concern reflected in H.R. 5167 for U.S. national claimants, it strongly opposes the counterproductive provisions contained in the bill. H.R. 5167 would threaten the economic security, successful reconstruction, and political progress in Iraq that is critically important to bringing U.S. troops home. The bill would do so by effectively terminating the President's waiver of the application to Iraq of provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, P.L. 110-181, thereby removing Iraq's sovereign immunity and exposing it to potential new liability for billions of dollars in lawsuits seeking compensation for offenses committed by the former Saddam Hussein regime. If H.R. 5167 is presented to the President, he will veto it. H.R. 5167 raises the same concerns that led the President to veto H.R. 1585 in December 2007. Section 1083 of the prior bill, H.R. 1585, risked imposing staggering liability upon Iraq by reinstating cases once dismissed from court, stripping Iraq of common litigation defenses, and exposing Iraq both to punitive damages and expansive pre-judgment liens. Following the President's veto of H.R. 1585, Congress and the Administration conferred and reached agreement on an amendment to the bill to authorize the President to waive application of section 1083 to Iraq. On January 28, 2008, the President exercised that waiver authority, ensuring that Iraq's economic and political progress could proceed -- a common goal of both the Congress and the Administration."
United States. Office of Management and Budget
Braley, Bruce
2008-09-15
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Roadmap for America's Future: H.R. 6110: A Plan to Solve America's Long-Term Economic and Fiscal Crisis
The proposal 'A Roadmap for America's Future' achieves three key objectives: [1] Health and Retirement Security. It assures universal access to health insurance, and rescues and strengthens Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security -- allowing them to fulfill their missions and making them permanently solvent; [2] Lift the Debt Burden. It returns Federal spending growth to sustainable levels, and lifts the huge projected debt burden looming over future generations; [3] American Jobs and Business Competitiveness. It promotes solid, sustained economic growth that ensures Americans keep more of what they earn, and levels the playing field for U.S. businesses to compete with foreign businesses. These objectives cannot be met under current policies. The U.S. faces an unsustainable path of Federal Government spending, levels of projected debt that threaten to bankrupt the country, trillions of dollars of unfunded liabilities in the government's major benefit programs, and an accelerating erosion of health care and retirement security. These trends threaten the U.S. economy's ability to continue raising living standards, or to compete in an increasingly international marketplace. These challenges also create an historic opportunity to transform the Federal Government to the realities of the 21st century."
United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Budget
Ryan, Paul D.
2008-05
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Considerations for Antiviral Drug Stockpiling by Employers in Preparation for an Influenza Pandemic
"Optimal planning and preparation for an influenza pandemic requires coordinated efforts by every part of society including individuals and families, communities, employers in public and private sectors, and all levels of government. Federal, State, and local governments will implement strategies to protect the public in an influenza pandemic. Employers also will play a key role in protecting employees' health and safety, thereby limiting pandemic impacts on health, the economy, and society. As part of their comprehensive pandemic planning, some employers (from public and private sectors) have asked for guidance about whether they should stockpile or otherwise arrange for influenza antiviral drugs to be available for their employees during a pandemic. Private stockpiles, in coordination with public health stockpiles, would extend protection more broadly than could be achieved through the public sector alone and improve the ability to achieve the national pandemic response goals of mitigating disease, suffering, and death, and minimizing impacts on the economy and functioning of society. The Federal Government strongly encourages all public and private sector employers, regardless of size, to plan for a pandemic, to protect the health of employees and assure continuity of operations. Influenza antiviral drugs (antivirals) are one of several approaches to protecting people during a pandemic and can serve as an important part of a layered approach to pandemic mitigation. In some cases, employees whose jobs would normally involve very high or high exposure risk to known/suspected pandemic patients may reduce or eliminate exposure through engineering, administrative and work practice strategies."
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2008
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President Bush Discusses Importance of Freedom in the Middle East [January 13, 2008]
This document is a White House Press Office transcript of President Bush's January 13, 2008 speech discussing the importance of freedom in the Middle East. "For decades, the people of this region saw their desire for liberty and justice denied at home and dismissed abroad in the name of stability. Today your aspirations are threatened by violent extremists who murder the innocent in pursuit of power. These extremists have hijacked the noble religion of Islam, and seek to impose their totalitarian ideology on millions. They hate freedom and they hate democracy -- because it fosters religious tolerance and allows people to chart their own future. They hate your government because it does not share their dark vision. They hate the United States because they know we stand with you in opposition to their brutal ambitions. And everywhere they go, they use murder and fear to foment instability to advance their aims."
United States. Office of the White House Press Secretary
Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-
2008-01-13
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Public Diplomacy 2.0: A New Approach to Global Engagement, [December 1, 2008]
This prepared statement by James K. Glassman, Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs was presented before the New America Foundation on December 1, 2008 and discusses new strategies to engage in diplomacy and gives mention to creating a hostile environment designed to counter extremist ideologies and provide productive paths for young people to pursue. The following is taken from the statement, "Much of our public diplomacy effort had been devoted to building a positive image of the United States, mainly through long-term programs like educational and cultural exchanges and efforts to tell America's story. But there is more to public diplomacy. In April 2006, the President designated the Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy as the government-wide lead in strategic communications, or war of the ideas. I provide leadership and coordination for my colleagues at the Defense Department, the intelligence community, and beyond. In the war of ideas, our core task in 2008 is to create an environment hostile to violent extremism. We do that in two ways: by undermining extremist ideologies and by encouraging young people to follow productive paths that lead away from terrorism. [...] Beyond ideology, what most violent extremists around the world have in common is that their leaders hijack impressionable young people to carry out their crimes of terrorism. These young people are exceptionally vulnerable. A terrorist leader fills the hole in the heart of a young person searching for identity with what is sometimes seen as the most alluring game in town, linking adventure with a doctrine of hatred, fantasy, greed, and hysteria."
United States. Department of State. Bureau of Public Affairs
Glassman, James K.
2008-12-01
