Monday-
Forum post leaders went over their topics. Group test over Europe. Groups presented. Big Europe test on Thursday.
Tuesday- Europe map-test Thursday.
Wednesday- Europe map- Big test tomorrow. People presented
Thursday- Written test were taken for the Europe test. Then we started on Latin America. Verbal test will be tomorrow.
Friday- Rest of class took Europe test. Groups also got finished presenting.
Mitt Romney has now decided not to run for president again.
1. Basic Facts-Where is it located, how many people work for it, current leader, etc.
2. Is it part of a bigger organization? If so, what.
3. History
4. Powers/Responsibilities
5. Major controversies surrounding organization
Department of Defense- Executive branch, coordinate supervise all agencies. Chuck Hegel- leader. Headquarted in pentagon. Biggest organization in US. History- Harry S. Truman named the DOD. 1949 it officially became the DOD. Responsibilities- defend our country, President is commander of chief, Provide for our national securities, protect U.S. citizens. Army- provide ground forces, protect America. Navy- Responsible for oceans, fight wars of sea. Air Force- Control of flying, fighting, Americas source of Space & air power. Marine Corp- Provide forces on ships. Controversies- Spending too much on F-35. 7 years behind schedule. Torturing prisoners- foreign soldiers and torture them to get info out of them. Veterans Health Care- having to wait a long time to see doctors, sometimes they get denied.
CIA- Leader-John O. Brennan. It is its own organization. Works more out of the country than in.
DHS- Leader- J. Johnston-Security, Resilience, Customs and Exchange-Protecting the US borders, making sure bad things don't get into our country- 225,000 people working, Protect civilians within US and its territories. It's a cabinet department. History- began after 9/11. Terrorist, immigration. Trying to accomplish and establish the color code. Responsibilities- Prevent terrorism & enhance security, secure and manage our borders, Enforce and administer our immigration laws, Safeguard and secure cyberspace, Unify the DHS- they want to all work together. Contraversies- wasted money, roughly 15 million dollars of failed contacts.
US Secret Service- "Defending Our Nation. Securing the Future" They are under the department of Defense. Headquartered in Meade, Maryland. NSA was founded on November 4, 1952. Leaders- Keith B. Alexander. Directer of NSA and CSS. Budget- classified. Estimated, 10.8 billion dollars. Largest U.S. intelligence organization in terms of budget. Estimated number of employees- 30-40,000. Government created a code and cipher decryption unit. Located in Washington D.C. Relocated to New York CIty when World War I ended. Operated black chamber where they cracked communications of foreign countries. The black chamber was successful until shut down in 1929. During World War 2 they were called the SSA. When the world ended, they were renamed to the AFSA. They were unable to centralize communications intelligence. Powers- Protect the US government. Responsible for global monitoring, collecting, decoding any information and data for foreign intelligence. People believe NSA use their surveillance programs for more than just keeping our country safe. Also thinking that they are tapping into innocent phone calls that have no connection to any terrorist acts. They were accused of spying in other countries, like Great Britain, Italy, etc...
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