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WEBCommitment to Building an Atlantic Ocean Community. U.S. Senior Coordinator for Atlantic Cooperation Ambassador Jessye Lapenn discusses the efforts of the Partnership for Atlantic Cooperation on the sidelines of the Our Oceans Conference. Editorials on …
Unalienable Rights and Why They Matter - Voice of America
WEBSep 8, 2020 · Unalienable Rights and Why They Matter. September 08, 2020. The Committee of Five present their work, the first draft of the Declaration of Independence, in June 1776, from John Trumbull's 1819 painting. Unalienable rights are considered “inherent in all persons and roughly what we mean today …
U.S. Institutions - Why is the First Amendment Important?
WEBArguably, the First Amendment is also the most important to the maintenance of a democratic government. It states that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to ...
Addressing the Root Causes of Irregular Migration - Voice of …
WEBMay 21, 2021 · Addressing the Root Causes of Irregular Migration. May 21, 2021. A family from Honduras sits on the ground after they were smuggled on an inflatable raft across the Rio Grande, in Roma, Texas. (File) The Biden-Harris Administration has set out an ambitious, multi-pronged approach to address the root causes of …
Memorial Day 2021 - Voice of America
WEBMay 31, 2021 · Memorial Day 2021. U.S. President Joe Biden, with first lady Jill Biden, finds U.S. serviceman Dennis Shine among the names of the war dead as they visit the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to mark National Vietnam War Veterans Day. (File) Memorial Day is an occasion to remember the sacrifices made by the few to benefit the many, a …
The U.S. Constitution - Article Two - Voice of America
WEBOct 28, 2017 · Article Two of the United States Constitution establishes the executive branch of the federal government, which carries out and enforces federal law. The executive branch includes the President, the Vice President, the Cabinet, and other U.S. government entities. Article Two enumerates the powers bestowed on the office of the President and ...
Russia Threatens Ukraine - Voice of America
WEBDec 3, 2021 · Russia Threatens Ukraine. December 03, 2021. This handout satellite image taken Nov. 1, 2021, and released by Maxar Technologies shows the presence of a large ground force deployment near Yelnya, Smolensk region, Russia, about 260 kilometers (160 miles) north of the Ukrainian border. The United States is seriously concerned over reports of ...
The U.S. Constitution - Article Four - Voice of America
WEBNov 18, 2017 · Article Four of the US Constitution outlines relations among the states, and between each state and the federal government. It sets out the responsibilities and duties of the states as well as responsibilities that the federal government has to the states. Article Four sets the rules for such matters as admitting new states and border changes ...
75 Years Ago, World War Two Ended - Voice of America
WEB0:00 0:03:12. Direct link. September 2 marks the official end of the Second World War in the Pacific, and therefore the end of the global conflict. On that day 75 years ago, formal documents of Japan’s unconditional surrender were signed by representatives of the United States and Japan aboard the ship USS Missouri, as it lay anchored in ...
Remembering the Halabja Massacre - Voice of America
WEBMar 15, 2018 · Remembering the Halabja Massacre. Kurdish soldiers stand in the graveyard for the victims of Halabja massacre. (File) Thirty years ago, on March 16, 1988, the regime of then-President of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, committed one of the worst atrocities of the modern era: the murder by poison gas of thousands of …