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Appropriations for FY2005: Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs

Description: Appropriations are one part of a complex federal budget process that includes budget resolutions, appropriations (regular, supplemental, and continuing) bills, rescissions, and budget reconciliation bills. This Report is a guide to one of the 13 regular appropriations bills that Congress passes each year. It is designed to supplement the information provided by the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Foreign Operations.
Date: January 21, 2005
Creator: Nowels, Larry
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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"Bunker Busters": Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator Issues, FY2005-FY2007

Description: The Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator (RNEP) program has been the most controversial nuclear weapon program in Congress for the last several years. Supporters argue that it is needed to attack hard and deeply buried targets (such as leadership bunkers) in countries of concern, thereby deterring or defeating challenges from such nations; critics assert that RNEP would lower the threshold for use of nuclear weapons and prompt other nations to develop nuclear weapons to deter U.S. attack. This repor… more
Date: February 21, 2006
Creator: Medalia, Jonathan
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Human Cloning

Description: This report provides information about the Human Cloning where a human embryo produced via cloning involves the process called somatic cell nuclear transfer. The nuclear of the egg is removed and replaced with a mature body cell.
Date: January 21, 2005
Creator: Johnson, Judith A. & Williams, Erin D.
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Military Airlift: The Joint Cargo Aircraft Program

Description: This report describes the Joint Cargo Aircraft (JCA) is a joint acquisition program between the Army and Air Force designed to procure a commercial off-the-shelf aircraft, capable of meeting Army requirements for "direct support" to maneuver units and Air Force requirements for "common-user" intra-theater airlift. The C-27J Spartan has already won the JCA competition. Issues for Congress include requirements and service "roles and missions."
Date: February 21, 2008
Creator: Knight, William
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Taiwan: Major U.S. Arms Sales Since 1990

Description: This report, updated as warranted, discusses U.S. security assistance to Taiwan, or the Republic of China (ROC), including policy issues for Congress and legislation. The Taiwan Relations Act (TRA), P.L. 96-8, has governed U.S. arms sales to Taiwan since 1979 when the United States recognized the People’s Republic of China (PRC) instead of the ROC. Two other relevant parts of the “one China” policy are the August 17, 1982, U.S.-PRC Joint Communique and the “Six Assurances” made to Taiwan. (Also… more
Date: March 21, 2005
Creator: Kan, Shirley A.
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Limiting Fannie Mae's and Freddie Mac's Portfolio Size

Description: Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan and Treasury Secretary John W. Snow recently have urged the 109th Congress to pass legislation to limit the size of Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s portfolio to reduce the risk to the federal government and the economy. In 2003, these government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) combined retained portfolio had risen to $1.6 trillion from $136 billion in 1990.
Date: October 21, 2005
Creator: Weiss, Eric
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U.S. Nuclear Cooperation with India: Issues for Congress

Description: On July 18, 2005, President Bush announced he would “work to achieve full civil nuclear energy cooperation with India” and would “also seek agreement from Congress to adjust U.S. laws and policies,” in the context of a broader, global partnership with India to promote stability, democracy, prosperity, and peace. Administration officials have promoted nuclear cooperation with India as a way to reduce India’s carbon dioxide emissions and its dependence on oil, bring India into the “nonproliferati… more
Date: July 21, 2006
Creator: Squassoni, Sharon
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United States Sentencing Guidelines and the Supreme Court: Booker, Fanfan, Blakely Apprendi, and Mistretta

Description: For fifteen years, sentencing in federal court had been governed by the United States Sentencing Guidelines. During that time, the Supreme Court has upheld the Guidelines in the face of various challenges. In the meantime, however, it had decided a series of cases which called into question past assumptions relating to the role of the jury in the sentencing process. In Apprendi, the Court held that any fact that increases the penalty for a crime beyond the statutory maximum assigned for that th… more
Date: March 21, 2005
Creator: Doyle, Charles
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Qatar: Background and U.S. Relations

Description: This report highlights Qatar, a small peninsular country in the Persian Gulf, which has emerged as an important ally of the United States since the late 1990s and currently serves as host to major U.S. military facilities for command, basing, and equipment pre-positioning. U.S. officials have described Qatar's counterterrorism cooperation since 9/11 as significant; however, some observers have raised questions about possible support for Al Qaeda by some Qatari citizens, including members of Qat… more
Date: December 21, 2005
Creator: Blanchard, Christopher M.
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[TDNA Membership Services Info]

Description: A membership services information document for the Texas Daily Newspaper Association board of directors meeting on December 1, 2005 at the Headliners Club in Austin, Texas. The document gives the association members details on what is currently happening within the organization and how the association can help the Texas newspapers.
Date: November 21, 2005
Creator: Texas Daily Newspaper Association
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[TDNA Administrative Report, December 2005]

Description: An administrative report for the Texas Daily Newspaper Association board of directors meeting December 1, 2005. The document serves as a mean to update the board of directors, as well as association members, what is happening within TDNA as well as explain future goals and accomplishes.
Date: November 21, 2005
Creator: Texas Daily Newspaper Association
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Use of molecular modeling to determine the interaction and competition of gases within coal for carbon dioxide sequestration, Annual Technical Progress Report: 2005

Description: Molecular modeling was employed to both visualize and probe our understanding of carbon dioxide sequestration within a bituminous coal. A large-scale (>20,000 atoms) 3D molecular representation of Pocahontas No. 3 coal was generated. This model was constructed based on a the review data of Stock and Muntean, oxidation and decarboxylation data for aromatic clustersize frequency of Stock and Obeng, and the combination of Laser Desorption Mass Spectrometry data with HRTEM, enabled the inclusion… more
Date: April 21, 2006
Creator: Evanseck, Jeffrey D.; Madura, Jeffry D. & Mathews, Jonathan P.
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Military Base Closures: DOD’s 2005 Internal Selection Process

Description: This report outlines how the Department of Defense (DOD) has organized to gather and analyze Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) related data and document the process. It also describes DOD's selection criteria process, and the Secretary of Defense's requirement to certify the need for a BRAC round. The report then explains how the list of recommended BRAC actions will be drawn together for submission by the Secretary of Defense to the President.
Date: April 21, 2004
Creator: Else, Daniel & Lockwood, David
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[Woman creating a piñata]

Description: A woman holding scissors creates a star-shaped piñata of many colors. A piñata is a brightly-colored paper container that is usually filled with candy and/or toys and is used to celebrate a variety of special occasions. It is generally hung from a tree branch or ceiling and participants then use a stick to break the piñata and obtain the candy and/or toys from inside it.
Date: December 21, 2005
Creator: Castillo, José L.
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[Woman cuts paper for piñata]

Description: A woman cuts green-colored paper for a piñata. A piñata is a brightly-colored paper container that is usually filled with candy and/or toys and is used to celebrate a variety of special occasions. It is generally hung from a tree branch or ceiling and participants then use a stick to break the piñata and obtain the candy and/or toys from inside it.
Date: December 21, 2005
Creator: Castillo, José L.
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[Woman decorates a piñata]

Description: A woman creates a star-shaped piñata of many colors. A piñata is a brightly-colored paper container that is usually filled with candy and/or toys and is used to celebrate a variety of special occasions. It is generally hung from a tree branch or ceiling and participants then use a stick to break the piñata and obtain the candy and/or toys from inside it.
Date: December 21, 2005
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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