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A Man Older Than His Years: Franklin D. Roosevelt's Last Days, Bryan Vieira
A Man Older Than His Years: Franklin D. Roosevelt's Last Days, Bryan Vieira
Pell Scholars and Senior Theses
In April 1945, all seemed well in the United States; the end of the war in Europe was within the grasps of the Allied forces as they drove their invasion into the heart of the European Theatre. On April 12 of that year, however, the thirty-second President of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, died in Warm Springs, Georgia. The news concerning President Roosevelt sent shock waves around the world. The cause of the death of Roosevelt was in question, because no autopsy was performed; the surgeon general of the U.S. Navy and Roosevelt's personal physician, Vice Admiral Ross T. …
The State In Disarray: Us Oversight Of Private Security Contractors, Rebecca A. Bernard
The State In Disarray: Us Oversight Of Private Security Contractors, Rebecca A. Bernard
Pell Scholars and Senior Theses
“Putting mercy back in mercenary” became the slogan of Blackwater Worldwide after harsh criticism from the media tarnished their image. Blackwater is just one example of a private firm working for the US government. The War in Iraq that began in 2003 had for the first time, contractors performing security functions for military men in an unstable environment (Elsea). Given the heightened reliance on PSCs from the Department of State and Department of Defense, the US government has taken on the burden of establishing regulations to govern their actions and hold them accountable. On September 16, 2007, Blackwater security personnel …