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| NAM |
National Association of Manufacturers
represents small businesses across the country |
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| AFL |
American Federation of Labor
Early labor union (1886) |
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| WCTU |
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Promoted prohibition (1874) |
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| Lobbyist |
Interest group representative looking to influence legislation |
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| NY times Co. v. Sullivan |
established the actual malice standard to be met before things are considered libel (1964) |
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| Off the record |
Information given to a journalist not presented to the public |
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| On background |
info presented to a journalist that will remain fomr an anonymous source |
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| Press Conference |
an unrestricted session between a press secretary and the press |
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| Press Briefing |
A relatively restricted session between a press secretary and the press |
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| NY times v. U.S. |
Allowed the NY times to print secretive information under Nixon (1971) |
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| History of Fairness Doctrine |
a policy that required the holders of broadcast licenses to present controversial issues of public importance in an honest and unbiased fashion |
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| Equal time rule |
requires stations to sell equal time to candidates in an election |
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| Mass Media |
The array of sources of information presented to the public |
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| 527s |
unintended result of the BCRA- unregulated interest groups |
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| Soft Money |
flexible money (illegal most of the time) |
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| Public Funds |
Donations from general tax revenues |
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| Buckley v. Valeo |
Put limitations on campaign funds (1976) |
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| PACs |
Groups dedicated to raising money for a candidate (2003) |
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| McConnell v. Federal Election Committee |
ruled to support BCRA (2003) |
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| BCRA |
Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act -chaned campaign funding laws (2002) |
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| Ba'athist Party |
Party supporting Hussein |
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| 5 pillars of Islamic Faith |
-Faith or belief in the Oneness of God and the finality of the prophethood of Muhammad;
-Establishment of the daily prayers;
-Concern for and almsgiving to the needy;
-Self-purification through fasting; and
-The pilgrimage to Makkah for those who are able. |
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| Paul Wolfowitz |
-DEPUTY Secretary of Defense from 001-2005
-Big on the oil gain of the Iraq war |
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| Condaleezza Rice |
US secretary of State after Collin Powell |
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| Abu Ghraib |
Prison where Iraqi prisoners were tortured |
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| Provisional Authority Order #2 |
Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) |
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| Provisional Authority Order #1 |
De-ba'athification |
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| General Franks |
Leader in search for WMD in Iraq |
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| General Sanchez |
Leader of Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq |
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| Rumsfeld |
Secretary of Defense from 2001-2006 |
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| Green Zone |
Officials of the US troops met here, very lazy |
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| Fallujah |
City and site of much discord between US troops and Iraqi citizens |
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| Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) |
Transitional government put into action after getting rid of Hussein |
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| Paul Bremmer |
In charge of post-war reconstruction of Iraq, blamed for much of the insurgency |
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| Shiite |
Believe Muhammed's ancestors should inherit authority of Islamic faith |
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| Sunni |
Believe authority should pass to those capable of leading the Islamic faith |
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