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A Change in Direction for Seoul? The Impeachment of South Korea's President

Description: This report discusses the Constitutional Court decision for impeachment of the former President of South Korea, Park Geun-hye. The decision was the latest development in a corruption scandal that has engulfed South Korean politics and the business world since October 2016, and comes against the backdrop of North Korean missile tests.
Date: March 10, 2017
Creator: Manyin, Mark E.; Chanlett-Avery, Emma & Corrado, Jonathan R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Filling Advice and Consent Positions at the Outset of Recent Administrations, 1981-2009

Description: This report describes and analyzes the processes, during a presidential transition, by which top-level executive branch PAS (Presidentially-appointed and approved by the Senate) positions have been filled in the recent past. Outside of top White House staff appointments, these are a new President's earliest and arguably most important appointments.
Date: February 24, 2017
Creator: Hogue, Henry B.; Greene, Michael & Rybicki, Elizabeth
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History, Evolution, and Practices of the President's State of the Union Address: Frequently Asked Questions

Description: This report takes the format of answers to frequently asked questions about the State of the Union address -- a communication from the President to Congress in which the chief executive reports on the current conditions of the United States and provides policy proposals for the upcoming legislative year.
Date: February 27, 2017
Creator: Kreiser, Maria A.
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Inauguration Security: Operations, Appropriations, and Issues for Congress

Description: This report provides information on inauguration security operations and inauguration security appropriations. It also discusses potential policy issues including some past inauguration security operations criticisms and inauguration security operation appropriations.
Date: January 11, 2017
Creator: Reese, Shawn; Straus, Jacob R. & Bailey, Christina M.
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Inspectors General in and Beyond the Presidential Transition Period

Description: This report discusses the federal government transition period, as a new Congress convenes and a new Administration prepares to assume leadership of the executive branch.
Date: January 3, 2017
Creator: Ginsberg, Wendy
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