Agent Blue Agent Blue affects plants by causing them to dry out. As rice is highly dependent on water to live, using Agent Blue on these paddies can destroy an entire field and leave it unsuitable for further planting. This is why Agent Blue was also used where food was not a factor, but foliage was. The Vietcong had an advantage while fighting in Vietnam because they were used to the abundance of plant life on the battlefield. Approximately 19.6 million gallons of Agent Blue were used in Vietnam during the war, destroying 500,000 acres (2,000 km2) of crops.[1][not in citation given][3][not in citation given] From 1965 on the Ansul Chemical Company delivered the herbicide Phytar 560 with the 26.4% sodium cacodylate and 4.7% cacodylic acid in water.[4] Today, large quantities of the chemical named Agent Blue are still used on lawns and crops throughout the USA. [this quote needs a citation]
RAND Corporation RAND has approximately 1,700 employees and three principal American locations: Santa Monica, California (headquarters); Arlington, Virginia; and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The RAND Gulf States Policy Institute has offices in New Orleans, Louisiana, and Jackson, Mississippi.[7] RAND Europe is located in Cambridge, United Kingdom, and Brussels, Belgium.[8] The RAND-Qatar Policy Institute[9] is in Doha, Qatar. RAND's newest office is in Boston, Massachusetts. RAND is home to the Frederick S. Pardee RAND Graduate School, one of the eight original graduate programs in public policy and the first to offer a Ph.D. RAND publishes the RAND Journal of Economics, a peer-reviewed journal of economics. Thirty-two recipients of the Nobel Prize, primarily in the fields of economics and physics, have been involved or associated with RAND at some point in their career.[2][13][14] Project RAND[edit] General Henry H. History[edit] Mission statement[edit] Achievements and expertise[edit]
Dow Chemical Company The Dow Chemical Co., commonly referred to as Dow, is an American multinational chemical corporation headquartered in Midland, Michigan, United States. As of 2007, it is the second-largest chemical manufacturer in the world by revenue (after BASF)[2] and as of February 2009, the third-largest chemical company in the world by market capitalization (after BASF and DuPont). Dow manufactures plastics, chemicals, and agricultural products. With a presence in about 160 countries, it employs about 54,000 people worldwide.[3] The company has seven different major operating segments, with a wide variety of products made by each one.[3] Dow's 2012 sales totaled approximately $57 billion.[3] Dow has been called the "chemical companies' chemical company"[4] in that most of its sales are to other industries rather than end-users. Dow is a member of the American Chemistry Council. Products[edit] Performance plastics[edit] Performance chemicals[edit] Water purification[edit] Agricultural sciences[edit]
Agent Orange Herbicide used by the US in the Vietnam War Agent Orange is a chemical herbicide and defoliant, one of the tactical use Rainbow Herbicides. It was used by the U.S. military as part of its herbicidal warfare program, Operation Ranch Hand, during the Vietnam War from 1961 to 1971.[2] It is a mixture of equal parts of two herbicides, 2,4,5-T and 2,4-D. In addition to its damaging environmental effects, traces of dioxin (mainly TCDD, the most toxic of its type)[3] found in the mixture have caused major health problems for many individuals who were exposed, and their offspring. Agent Orange was produced in the United States from the late 1940s and was used in industrial agriculture, and was also sprayed along railroads and power lines to control undergrowth in forests. During the Vietnam War, the U.S. military procured over 20,000,000 U.S. gal (76,000,000 L; 17,000,000 imp gal), consisting of a fifty-fifty mixture of 2,4-D and dioxin-contaminated 2,4,5-T. Chemical composition[edit] U.S. U.S.
Presidency of George W. Bush Legislation vetoed[edit] President Bush vetoed 12 pieces of legislation, four of which were overturned by congress: July 19, 2006: Stem Cell Research Enactment Act of 2006May 1, 2007: H.R. 1591, U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act of 2007June 20, 2007: Stem Cell Research Enactment Act of 2007October 3, 2007: State Children's Health Insurance Program Expansion H.R. 976November 2, 2007: Vetoed H.R. 1495, Water Resources Development Act of 2007. Administration and cabinet[edit] Cabinet meeting Bush's Cabinet had included figures that were prominent in past administrations, notably former Secretary of State Colin Powell, who had served as United States National Security Advisor under Ronald Reagan. Bush placed a high value on personal loyalty and, as a result, his administration had high message discipline. Cabinet members[edit] Attorney General[edit] Labor[edit] Bush's first nomination for Secretary of Labor was Linda Chavez.
Michael J. Garcia Michael J. Garcia is the former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Mr. A political[1] appointee of the Bush Administration, Mr. Garcia attended Valley Stream Central High School in New York and is a graduate of Binghamton University. On April 13, 2013, Garcia was on a list released by the Russian Federation of Americans banned from entering the country over their alleged human rights violations. War Cover-up War Cover-upTop U.S. General on Cover-up of Forces Behind War That war is a racket has been told us by many, but rarely by one of this stature. Though he wrote the landmark book War is a Racket in 1935, the highly decorated U.S. WAR IS A RACKET – by General Smedley Butler War is a racket. The World War cost the United States some $52 billion. Take our friends the du Ponts, the powder people. Take one of our steel companies. They sold your Uncle Sam 20 million mosquito nets for the use of the soldiers overseas. If anyone had the cream of the profits it was the bankers. Who provides these nice little profits of 20, 100, 300, 1,500 and 1,800 per cent? Boys with a normal viewpoint were taken out of the offices, factories, and classrooms and put into the ranks. Beautiful ideals were painted for our boys who were sent out to die. Well, it's a racket, all right. I am not a fool as to believe that war is a thing of the past.
U.S. Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force Veterans Class Action Lawsuit Over Post Traumatic Stress Disorder PTSD | ClassActionLawsuitsInTheNews Veterans Post Traumatic Stress Disorder PTSD Class Action Lawsuit Receives Extension Of Time For Veterans To Join or Opt-In To The Class Action Lawsuit Against The United States. The deadline to join or opt-in to a class action lawsuit against the United States of America (the “Government” or “the United States” or “Defendant”) pending in the United States Court of Federal Claims (styled Michael Sabo, Nicholas Wells, Juan Perez, Alan Pitts, Billy J. Talley, Aimee Sherrod, and Tyler Einarson v. United States, Case No. 08-899C) that was brought on behalf of veterans who served on active duty in the U.S. Under the Rules of the United States Court of Federal Claims, the Court has reportedly allowed the class action lawsuit to be a class action on behalf of the following individuals who choose to opt in: All individuals who (a) served on active duty in the U.S. www.ptsdlawsuit.com Tagged as: www.ptsdlawsuit.com
Class-action suit against VA opens SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs may paint a rosy picture of improving healthcare for veterans, but the agency has systematically denied benefits to sick veterans and delayed claims so long that many of them commit suicide, a lawyer for two advocacy groups argued in federal court Monday. "The court faces an agency that is in denial and a healthcare system and an adjudication system that are broken down and in crisis," said Gordon P. Erspamer, one of the plaintiffs' attorneys, in an opening statement in the class-action suit against the VA. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court on behalf of Veterans for Common Sense, based in Washington, D.C., and Veterans United for Truth, based in Santa Barbara. The federal government, which has made few comments on the case since it was filed last July, argued Monday that the processing of veterans' benefits might take longer than the VA has set as a goal, but the department is not systematically denying care.
Janet Reno Early life and career Reno was born in Miami, Florida. Reno's mother, Jane Wallace (née Wood), raised her children and then became an investigative reporter for the Miami News.[2] Her father, Henry Olaf Reno (original surname Rasmussen), was an emigrant from Denmark, who, for 43 years was a police reporter for the Miami Herald.[2] Janet Reno has three younger siblings: Mark, Robert (a writer; 1939-2012), and Maggy Hurchalla. Reno attended public school in Miami-Dade County, Florida, where she was a debating champion and was valedictorian at Coral Gables High School. State Attorney "Reno's reputation as a state attorney, the foundation for her eight years as the nation's attorney general and her [2002] candidacy for governor of Florida, was built in significant part by her aggressive prosecution of three sensational child abuse cases in Miami-Dade County. Several of those prosecuted by Reno were either acquitted or later released by appellate judges. Country Walk Bobby Fijnje U.S. Sources
List of wars on concepts United States[edit] Early examples of war as metaphor in US political discourse include J. Edgar Hoover's "war on crime" in the 1930s. Various conflicts and demographic trends in US history have been described as a culture war. President George W. Other usage[edit] Toronto mayor Rob Ford has described municipal initiatives such as a "war on graffiti" and "war on cars." Further reading[edit] Childress, James F. War on Drugs On May 13, 2009, Gil Kerlikowske—the current Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)—signaled that the Obama administration did not plan to significantly alter drug enforcement policy, but also that the administration would not use the term "War on Drugs", because Kerlikowske considers the term to be "counter-productive".[11] ONDCP's view is that "drug addiction is a disease that can be successfully prevented and treated... making drugs more available will make it harder to keep our communities healthy and safe."[12] One of the alternatives that Kerlikowske has showcased is the drug policy of Sweden, which seeks to balance public health concerns with opposition to drug legalization. The prevalence rates for cocaine use in Sweden are barely one-fifth of those in European countries such as the United Kingdom and Spain. In June 2011, a self-appointed Global Commission on Drug Policy released a critical report on the War on Drugs, declaring: History In 1986, the U.S.
Opium production in Afghanistan Harvested poppy capsules. Afghanistan opium poppy cultivation, 1994–2007 (hectares) Background (1979–present)[edit] Soviet period (1979–1989)[edit] As the Afghan government began to lose control of provinces during the Soviet invasion of 1979–80, warlords flourished and with it opium production as regional commanders searched for ways to generate money to purchase weapons, according to the UN.[7] (At this time the US was pursuing an "arms-length" supporting strategy of the Afghan freedom-fighters or Mujahideen, the main purpose being to cripple the USSR slowly into withdrawal through attrition rather than effect a quick and decisive overthrow.) As explained by Zbigniew Brzezinski: The secret operation was an excellent idea. It was alleged by the Soviets on multiple occasions that American CIA agents were helping smuggle opium out of Afghanistan, either into the West, in order to raise money for the Afghan resistance or into the Soviet Union in order to weaken it through drug addiction.