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1913Best.-Nr. 43676Washington D. C.: Government Printing Office. VG. 1913. Paperback. Paperback in Very Good condition. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 457 pages. Volume 1: House of Representatives Sixty-Third Congress First Session On Bills H. R. 1739 H. R. 1806 and H. R. 2145. July 9 10 11 14 15 16 25 26 29 and 30 1913. Volume 2: Hearings Before the Committee on Territories United States Senate Sixty-Third Congress First Session on S. 48 A Bill to Authorize the President of the United States to Locate Construct and Operate Railroads in the Territory of Alaska and for Other Purposees and S. 133 A Bill to Provide for the Construction of Railroads in Alaska and for Other Purposes. With Addenda and Index . Quick shipping excellent customer service. All books carefully packaged in boxes and ship with tracking information. . Government Printing Office paperback
Best.-Nr. 18343Paperback. 38th Congress 1st Session. N.p. 1863. 8vo. Self-cover. 22pp. Very good. Minor soiling. Interesting sour grapes proposal to create a library for the use of senators comparable to that which existed for representatives "which privation has subjected them. to much inconvenience and disadvantage." Followed by a "Programme for the Classification and Arrangement of the Books for the Private Library of the Senate of the United States. paperback
Best.-Nr. 0267012888.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1852Best.-Nr. 0039431852. 32d Congress. 2d Session. Senate. Ex. Doc. No. 2. The result of an examination made in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the property offered by R. B. Sumner and others as a site for a navy yard and depot at New Orleans. December 6 1852. 24 pp. 10 full pages of diagrams plans for a naval yard-4 double spread pages. "The whole property is offered to the government for $374000.". Includes Description of Belleville Foundry. Mildly foxed but no interference with text or diagrams. First page of document has numbers in the bottom margin but not on text. Otherwise document is Very Good . Disbound but intact. Paperbound. Very Good. Illus. by Diagrams. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9 1/4". Louisana. Paperback
1991Best.-Nr. 4229Texas A&M Press TX 1991. Fine in maroon buckram with gilt print and fine publishers slipcase. First edition first printing hardcover SIGNED BY SPAW HOBBY AND KING ALL ON THE SIGNATURE PAGE HOBBY DID THE FOREWORD AND KING WAS SECRETARY OF SENATE Texas A&M Press, TX hardcover
1982Best.-Nr. 66800Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 1982. PResumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket. iii 168 p. 24 cm. Maps. Footnotes. This hearing was motivated by concern about air quality sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide pollution soil quality; water quality; coal-burning plants--the acid rain risks. U.S. Government Printing Office paperback
2006Best.-Nr. 62532Washington DC: U. S. Government Printing Office 2006. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. iii 120 p. Serial No. J-107-112. S. Hrg. 107-1156. This hearing was published approximately 4 years after it was held. It was delayed because of the sensitivities surrounding the attacks on America of September 11 2001. This hearing heard testimony about what had been undertaken through a trip in mid-October 2002 by a key Federal official to Europe to talk with our European allies about stopping money laundering and stopping the financing of terrorism. The Committee heard testimony about a successful criminal prosecution involving Hamas and activities against Hizballah and other terrorist organizations. U. S. Government Printing Office paperback
1854Best.-Nr. 24045Washington:Beverley Tucker Senate Printers 1854. First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. Washington:Beverley Tucker Senate Printers. 1854. 380pp. Black boards with blindstamped decoration lightly soiled and shelfworn with a couple holes to the front gutter and 2 small areas of chipping to material on back panel. Page edges soiled. Internally end-pages clean free of previous owners marks or signatures but slight age-toning scattered throughout. The binding is tight and hinges intact although front hinge has several holes. Relates to the seizure of the steamer Black Warrior and other alleged wrongs committed by the authorities of Cuba on American citizens. Washington:Beverley Tucker, Senate Printers hardcover
1980Best.-Nr. 60186Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 1980. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket. Has some wear and soiling. iv 114 p.; 24 cm. The witnesses at this hearing represent the three voting members of the Chrysler Loan Guarantee Board. The purpose of the oversight hearing was to examine the decision to provide a $500 million loan guarantee. The law provided that before a guarantee can actually be issues the Board must transmit a written report to the committee of the Congress setting forth the determinations required to be made under the act and the reasons for making each determination. The hearing examined the report and the supporting materials and considered whether the requirements of the Act had been met. The intervention by the Federal Government to intervene to avert bankruptcy by the Chrysler Corporation was at the time a remarkable and largely unprecedented action. U.S. Government Printing Office paperback
1904Best.-Nr. 89651Washington: GPO 1904. Hardcover. Good. index xxv 472p. Original 1/2 leather with brown cloth. 22cm. Cover scuffed. Former owner's name K. D. Sperry" in gilt at base of backstrip. Page edges marbled to match endpapers. 58th Congress 2d. Session. Senate. Document No. 105. GPO hardcover
1982Best.-Nr. 60109Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 1982. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Cover has some wear and soiling. Corner creased. iv 224 p. 24 cm. Illustrations Maps. Document number is 97-38. U.S. Government Printing Office paperback
2006Best.-Nr. 90555Washington DC: U. S. Government Printing Office 2006. Presumed First Edition First printing. Wraps. Very good. iii 1 53 7 pages. The Chairman opened the hearing by saying "we’re anxious that this hearing be productive that while we explore these differences between the United States and our neighbor Canada we can better understand what is dividing us. And I think all of us hope for a new beginning with Canada. This is—however is an issue that has bedeviled people on both sides of the border. And a desire to have greater understanding and perhaps open up opportunities for further dialogue is the motive behind this hearing. So today’s hearing is going to examine the economic impacts of the Canadian softwood lumber dispute on the competitiveness and the survival of the American forest-products sector." The Chairman further stated "While I recognize the importance to consumers of an affordable supply of lumber that privilege neither outweighs nor is incompatible with trade laws of this country. Ultimately trade laws and trade agreements are to the advantage of American consumers but free trade assumes fair competition. Neither appears to be fully intact in the North American lumber market. This debate has lasted more than 20 years and we have two options before us. We can continue along a path of patchwork of tariffs and quotas or we can seek to resolve the differences in our lumber systems. We can continue to act as two countries with two markets or we can proceed as one continent with a shared market that abides by the same market rules. I realize that this dispute has strained relations with our neighbor to the north and that is most unfortunate. I deeply value our relationship with Canada which Churchill described once as the lynchpin of the English-speaking world. We share security and our democratic interests on this continent and throughout the world. Canada and the United States also have a very special economic relationship. Indeed we essentially form one large common market. For my part I want to extend to the new Canadian Government my sincere hope of a renewed North American relationship. The prompt resumption of negotiations with the United States on the softwood issue can and should be the inaugural act of that new relationship. The faster we can resolve our differences the sooner companies on both sides of the border can reassert themselves in the world market. If litigation is pursued at the expense of mutual settlement however I fear both countries and both economies will suffer. Mills on both sides of the border will continue to close and other nations beyond this continent will gladly fill in the gap. With respect to the U.S. Government I want to point out that the Canadian lumber dispute is the largest trade case in our history. This Administration and this Senator are both strong proponents of free trade. However my ability to continue supporting free-trade agreements rests upon confidence that U.S. industries are fully protected under U.S. trade law; by that meaning that they and their competitors are playing by the same rules. I applaud our officials at Commerce and USTR for the time and the gray hairs they have invested in this case and I very much look forward to their report." U. S. Government Printing Office paperback
1976Best.-Nr. 64129Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 1976. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket as issued. iii 166 p.; 23 cm. "Department of Defense Rationalization/standardization within NATO second report January 1976 a report to the United State Congress by Donald Rumsfeld Secretary of Defense": p. 49-139. U.S. Government Printing Office paperback
2008Best.-Nr. 63265Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 2008. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. iii 151 p. Footnotes. S. Hrg. 110-431. The Subcommittee was concerned that the CIA and the Directior of National Intelligence DNI had not taken more advantage of the inputs from the Government Accountability Office. U.S. Government Printing Office paperback
1977Best.-Nr. 60071Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 1977. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Label on back page. iii 262 p. 24 cm. Illustrations. Occasional footnotes. Publication No. 95-12. U.S. Government Printing Office paperback
2007Best.-Nr. 64115Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 2007. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. iv 350 p. Includes illustrations. S. Hrg. 110-815. U.S. Government Printing Office paperback
1939Best.-Nr. 333271Washington: GPO 1939. Paperback. iv 250p. wraps edge worn with minor chipping previous owner's initials on front wrap otherwise good condition. Violations of free speech and rights of labor. Report of the Committee on Education and Labor pursuant to S. Res. 266 74th Congress. Report no. 6 part 3. Details on munitions available to strike breakers including grenades machine guns and the like. GPO paperback
1922Best.-Nr. 74865Washington: GPO 1922. Hardcover. Very Good. This volume only of 2. 812p. Contemporary tan buckram. No Jacket. Not a proud chapter in American history. GPO hardcover
1979Best.-Nr. 64601Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 1979. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Part 4 ONLY. 24 cm. iii 79 p. Illustrations. Publication No. 96-4. While this is the fourth part of a four part record of hearings this is the volume for the hearing held on March 21 1979 and therefore is also complete within itself. U.S. Government Printing Office paperback
1990Best.-Nr. 68271Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 1990. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket. Cover has some wear and soiling. Sticker removed from back page. iii 77 p.; 24 cm. S. Hrg.; 101-1033. Senator Sam Nunn chaired this hearing. He held it go obtain testimony from senior Executive Branch witnesses on the national security implications of two then pending treaties--the 1974 Threshold Test Ban Treaty known as TTBT and the 1976 Peaceful Nuclear Explosives Treaty known as PNET. U.S. Government Printing Office paperback
1973Best.-Nr. 68120Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 1973. Presumed first edition/first printing. Part 1 ONLY. Wraps. Good. Has some wear and soiling Some pages have small creases or wrinkles. iv 262 p. Part 1 ONLY. From Wikipedia: "Henry Alfred Kissinger born Heinz Alfred Kissinger; May 27 1923 is an American diplomat and political scientist. A recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize he served as National Security Advisor and later concurrently as Secretary of State in the administrations of Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. After his term his opinion was still sought by some subsequent U.S. presidents and other world leaders. A proponent of Realpolitik Kissinger played a prominent role in United States foreign policy between 1969 and 1977. During this period he pioneered the policy of détente with the Soviet Union orchestrated the opening of relations with the People's Republic of China and negotiated the Paris Peace Accords ending American involvement in the Vietnam War. Kissinger is still considered an influential public figure. He is the founder and chairman of Kissinger Associates an international consulting firm. To others Kissinger's actions while in office 'yielded much that was little short of evil'. He has been accused of 'war crimes crimes against humanity and offences against common or customary or international law'.At the height of Kissinger's prominence many commented on his wit. In one instance at the Washington Press Club annual congressional dinner "Kissinger mocked his reputation as a secret swinger." He was quoted as saying "Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac." Kissinger has shied away from mainstream media and cable talk shows. He granted a rare interview to the producers of a documentary examining the underpinnings of the 1979 peace treaty between Israel and Egypt entitled Back Door Channels: The Price of Peace. In the film a candid Kissinger reveals how close he felt the world was to nuclear war during the 1973 Yom Kippur War launched by Egypt and Syria against Israel. A feature length documentary titled Kissinger by Scottish historian Niall Ferguson and produced by Chimerica Media was released in 2011 on the National Geographic Channel. Since he left office some efforts have been made to hold Kissinger responsible for perceived injustices of American foreign policy during his tenure in government. These charges have at times inconvenienced his travels. Christopher Hitchens the late British-American journalist and author was highly critical of Kissinger authoring The Trial of Henry Kissinger in which Hitchens called for the prosecution of Kissinger "for war crimes for crimes against humanity and for offenses against common or customary or international law including conspiracy to commit murder kidnap and torture"." U.S. Government Printing Office paperback
2002Best.-Nr. 64116Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 2002. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. iii 98 p. Includes illustrations. S. Hrg. 107-616. This important confirmation hearing raised none of the concerns that were later raised in connection with Mr. Brown's direction of FEMA during Hurricane Katrina. U.S. Government Printing Office paperback
1986Best.-Nr. 65777Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 1986. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Cover has slight wear and soiling. iii 83 p. 24 cm. Includes Forms. S. Hrg. 99-620. The purpose of this hearing was for the purpose of confirming Robert Gates as Deputy Director of Central Intelligence. This hearing was in essence an oversight responsibility of the Committee over the intelligence process in the United States. The effectiveness of national intelligence in support of the policymakers the conformance of intelligence activity with the law and the wise expenditure of funds invested in collection analysis and operation are dependent in the final analysis on the leadership at the top of the intelligence structure. The Committee was charged with assessing the qualifications of Robert Gates to assume the mantel of one of the senior leaders in the U.S. Intelligence Community. While recognizing Mr. Gates' past achievements the Committee was going to base its judgment on their view of Mr. Gates' ability to perform in this new and challenging role. Not only was Mr. Gates to be responsible for providing direction to the intelligence community as they faced myriad challenges he was to be personally held accountable for the outcomes. U.S. Government Printing Office paperback
1981Best.-Nr. 70340Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office 1981. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Good. iii 1 177 3 p. 24 cm. Map. Footnotes. This hearing was called for the purpose of reviewing the nonproliferation policies of the United States. Senator Percy presided. Senators Glenn Cohen and Levin attended. The Senators were concerned with the destabilizing effect of the proliferation of real or potential capability for nuclear weapons production. The Senators also wanted to encourage the strengthening of an international nuclear consensus represented by the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and to support the International Atomic Energy Agency and its safeguards program. U.S. Government Printing Office paperback
1993Best.-Nr. 65786Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 1993. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Highlighting/underlining. Ink marks and underlining noted. Has some wear and soiling. Writing on spine. iii 1 192 p. Illustrations S. Hrg. 103-208. In this hearing Chairman John Glenn welcomed the "new" Director of CIA James Woolsey to testify in public on the gravest national security threat that we face today the global spread of weapons of mass destruction." U.S. Government Printing Office paperback
