US Foreign Policy

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-- At midnight on May 14, 1948, the Provisional Government of Israel proclaimed the

new State of Israel. That would have been 5 PM on the 13th on the US' east coast.

-- Government offices in Washington DC opened 16 hours later. On that same date

the United States, in the person of President Truman, recognized the provisional

Jewish government as de facto authority of the new Jewish state.

-- The Arab neighbors also reacted quickly. A day later, on May 15, 1948, the

Arab states issued their response statement, and Arab armies invaded Israel,

kicking off the first Arab-Israeli war.

The effect, for exports and imports, will depend on the exchange rate between the dollar and the euro at the time of trading.,

President Taft engaged in what came to be known as Dollar Diplomacy from 1909 to 1913. The idea behind it was that the purpose of peace and stability in Latin America was to protect America's financial and business interests.

Several major US leaders met with Saddam Hussein including Donald Rumsfeld and Rachel Glaspie. However, these contacts ended in 1991 because of the Persian Gulf War of 1990-1991.

War has been an issue for the past 5 years. After 9-11 the U.S sent troops to Iraq,but they didn't realize how many people were going to die. Statistics have shown 4000 of soldiers have died,according to the video we saw in Nickelodeon.For real what's the point of this war? How many more people have to die so we can realize this war is not getting us anywhere? We fighting against a country that we don't even know. These people have lived their whole life in Iraq, and American soldiers are not ready for places like Iraq. we are wasting money,so we are losing lives for gas. I don't think this is right or fair at all.

During the past years, the economy in the U.S. has become bad. The reason of people are losing their houses, food is becoming more expensive, gas prices increasing and never decreasing, is because we are wasting to much money in the war. Three trillion dollars the U.S. has wasted in the war with Iraq. That's alot of money that could make our economy to become better. Three trillion dollar plus 4000 soldier have die that's a high price for a war and the sad part is we havent get nothing back and we are not going to get nothing out of this war.I hope the next president finds a solution and makes peace with Iraq. One way they can do it is trying to negociate with their government. For real, the next president needs to deal with this issue or if not our economy is going to continue going down, and we the residents of the US are going to be in trouble.

I advise the next president to find a way to fix these issues. If not we are going to lose more lives in the war. People have different opinions about the war. Some people think war is good but others think they should stop. Reality is that we keep sending soldiers to get killed in Iraq. In this war no one is winning so what's the point of keep going along with this war. The U.S. thinks they know everything and that they are the best but they haven't found Osama Binladen yet. This war is stupid for real. It's not fair to lose more soldiers in a war that does not make sense.

Article II Section II of the U.S. Constitution says that the president "shall from time time give congress information on the state of the union..."

Therefore, the State of the Union address is a speech that the US president delivers before a joint session of Congress and held in the House of Representatives chamber at the US Capitol in January (except for three exceptions in which it happened in February).

Not only does the president report on the condition of the nation, but the president also outlines his Legislative Agenda and National Priorities.

US Aid to Israel in the Arab-Israeli War of 1973 helped Israel to reverse the tide of that war and push back the invading Arab armies.