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Authors: Mike Huckabee
and out-of-wedlock pregnancy rates
in socialist countries
Abrams, Elliott
Abstinence
Adams, John
Afghanistan war
and U.S. military.
See
Military; Veterans
See
Military; Veterans
Agha-Soltan, Neda
Air pollution
Allen, Thad
Alzheimer’s disease
Arizona immigration law
Armitage, Richard
Art education
Awlaki, Anwar al-
Bernanke, Ben
Berwick, Donald
bin Laden, Osama
Blair, Dennis
Blum, General Steven
Borders, U.S., securing
Boskin, Michael
Boston Tea Party
BP oil spill
Bradsher, Keith
Bramante, Fred
Brandeis, Louis
Breakfast, home versus school
Brennan, John
Brewer, Jan
Brin, Sergey
Buck, Stuart
Burd, Steven
Bush, George W.
immigration reform
national debt under
Obama’s inheritance from
tax cuts
on terrorism
Butler, Stuart
Calderón, Felipe
Cape Wind
Capital gains tax
Charter schools
Children
obese
See also
Education; Family and family issues
Education; Family and family issues
China
energy race with U.S.
-Iran relations
oil consumption, amount of
Churchill, Winston
Clarke, Richard
Clinton, Bill
antipartisanship of
top tax bracket under
Clinton, Hillary
Coal, clean
College dropouts
Colonial-era tax revolts
Communism
Constitution.
See
Founding Fathers
See
Founding Fathers
Consumer borrowing/debt
overspending
spending, halting
Coolidge, Calvin
Corporate tax rates
Criminal behavior
Crist, Charlie
Cuomo v. Clearing House Association
Cyberattacks
Cyber Command
Davis, Scott
Death panels
Department of Homeland Security
Diabetes
Dropouts
Education
art/music education
dropouts
and employment opportunities
exit exams, high school
federal funds for
and global competition
inferior, consequences of
nations report card
personalized learning
Race to the Top
and state/local governments
teacher tenure/merit pay, problems of
vouchers/charter schools
Eikenberry, Karl
Eisenhower, Dwight D.
Electricity
nuclear-generated
smart meters
Emanuel, Rahm
Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC)
Employment
educational preparation for
immigrants, high-skilled versus unskilled
jobs, need for
new jobs (1980–2005)
of veterans
Energy production
battery technology
Cape Wind project complications
energy race with China
global demand, increase in
natural gas/clean coal
nuclear energy
wind power
See also
Electricity; Oil
Electricity; Oil
Environment
air pollution
BP oil spill
and electricity generation
enviro groups, working at cross-purposes
and Iroquois
particle pollution
recycling
Roosevelt (T.) contribution
sewage problem
See also
Energy production
Energy production
Estate tax
Exercise
Faddis, Charles
FairTax
Family and family issues
absentee dads
breakfast, at home versus school
communist destruction of
family dinner, importance of
gay parenthood
negative influences, controlling
out-of-wedlock births
as partisan issue
relationship to government
self-discipline, learning
societal problems inflicted on
Federal deficit
enormity of
increase from 2007 to 2010
jobs and correction of
reasonable figure for
Federal government
government spending
relationship to families
to state/local government, problem of
unions, relationship with
Federalist Papers, The
Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR)
Financial crisis
and consumer overspending
jobs, need for
OCC participation in
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)
Foreign policy
Iran
Israel
National Security Strategy (NSS)
Obama administration
smart diplomacy
Founding Fathers
boundary stones from
lasting power of
on limited and local government
Friedman, Thomas
Gas, natural
Gelinas, Nicole
Giffords, Gabrielle
Government
five levels of
self-government
spending.
See
Government spending
See
Government spending
See also
Federal government; Founding Fathers; Local government; State government
Federal government; Founding Fathers; Local government; State government
Government spending
budget for
budget items
discretionary spending freeze
federal debt
federal deficit
Medicare
national debt
Social Security
See also
Stimulus money
Stimulus money
Greene, Jay
Gross domestic product (GDP), and tax revenues
Hamas
Hasan, Nidal
Hauser, Kurt
Health
air pollution, diseases from
chronic diseases in U.S.
obesity
personal commitment to
preventive medicine
Health care
alternative approach to
and Obama
rationing care
and Romney
for veterans, limitations of
Health insurance
cost-cutting methods
solution to problems of
Heart disease
High school dropouts
Holder, Eric
Holmes, Kim
Holtz-Eakin, Douglas
Homelessness, veterans
Homosexuals
“don’t ask, don’t tell,”
parenthood
Housing crisis
Huckabee
Huckabee Report
Hurricane Katrina
Immigration reform
amnesty
Arizona law
border, securing
catch and release versus removal
failure of
high-skilled versus unskilled workers
necessity of
No Match rule
Interest rates, rise in
Iran
allies of
Obama policy
Iraq
postwar
and U.S. military.
See
Military; Veterans
See
Military; Veterans
Iroquois, seven-generation sustainability
Islam, radical
Islam, Yusuf (Cat Stevens)
Israel
nuclear weapons
Obama policy
terrorism
Jackson, Robert
Jobs.
See
Employment
See
Employment
Karzai, Hamid
Kaufmann Foundation
Kelly, Ray
Kennedy, John F.
Knowles, Timothy
Kramer, David
Kyl, Jon
Laffer, Art
Larson, Sven R.
Lavrov, Sergei
Life expectancy
and Medicare
and Social Security
Lincoln, Abraham
Lucas, Robert
Madison, James, on state governments
Medicare
alternative methods
cuts over next decade
rise and Obama health care
Mehsud, Baitullah
Merit pay, teachers
Military
“don’t ask, don’t tell,”
lack of focus for
National Guard, active duty of
See also
Veterans
Veterans
Miller, Benjamin
Miranda
decision
decision
Mobley, Sharif
Moskin, Michael
Mullen, Admiral Michael
Music education
Napolitano, Janet
National Assessment of Educational Progress
National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC)
National debt
National Defense Authorization Act (2010)
National Guard
active duty of
employment rules for
National Security Agency
National Security Strategy (NSS)
Netanyahu, Benjamin
New Hampshire, Vision for Redesign
Nixon, Richard, energy initiative of
No Child Left Behind
No Match rule
Nuclear energy, as clean energy
Nuclear weapons
Iran
Israel
Nungesser, Billy
Obama, Barack
actions since election of
and BP oil spill
budget for 2011–20
Cape Wind
Democratic loss 2010,
and “don’t ask, don’t tell,”
education, funds for
foreign policy
Fundamental Transformation
health-care reform
and immigration reform
model for
tax increases
and terrorism
“unprecedented” inheritance from Bush
Obama, Michelle, childhood obesity crusade
Obesity
children
health-care costs from
health consequences of
and pregnancy
and sedentary lifestyle
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), failure, and financial crisis
Offshore drilling, BP oil spill
Oil
BP oil spill
foreign, dependence on
global consumers, largest
natural gas/clean coal as alternatives
U.S. military need for
Olbermann, Keith
Omar, Mullah
Oren, Michael
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Pakistan-U.S. relations
Palestine-Israel conflict
Panetta, Leon
Parents.
See
Family and family issues
See
Family and family issues
Particle pollution
Personalized learning
Posner, Michael
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Prebate, FairTax
Pregnancy
versus abstinence
obesity during
out-of-wedlock births
rates, and abortion
teen, and absentee fathers
Preventive medicine
Project Independence
Pumphrey, David
Al Qaeda
Qutb, Sayyid
Race to the Top
Rand, Ayn
Raymond, Margaret
Reagan, Ronald
on conservationists
on state governments
tax cuts
Recycling
Rescorla, Richard Cyril
Reservists
in active duty
employment rules for
Rhee, Michelle
Riedel, Bruce
RomneyCare
Roosevelt, Theodore
de Rugy, Veronique
Russia, -Iran relations
Safeway Healthy Measures
Sales tax, FairTax
Salt River Project
Schumer, Chuck
Schwarzenegger, Arnold
Self-government, benefits of
September 11 attacks
Sewage problem
Shahzad, Faisal
Sheehan, Michael
Simple Christmas, A
Smart diplomacy
Smart meters
Smith, Cameron
Smith, Lamar
Social safety net programs
Social Security
funding source of
running out
solution to problems of
Sorensen, Dr. Susanne
State government
education, responsibility for
Founders’ intentions for
as laboratory for national government
neglect by federal
stimulus money refused by
unions, negative influence on
Steinbrenner, George
Steisel, Norm
Stimulus money
amount of
better alternative to
and federal control
refused by states
Subprime mortgages
Taliban
Taxation
capital gains tax
colonial revolt against
corporate tax rates
cuts, benefits of
estate tax
FairTax
forms/paperwork burden
homeownership breaks
incentives, danger of
increase under Obama
nonincome tax states
nonpayers
raising, dangers of
raising and GDP
tiered system
top taxpayers
Tea Party movement
Tenure, teachers
Terrorism
Afghanistan war
cyberattacks
and Israel
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