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1978réf. 63057Washington DC: U. S. Government Printing Office 1978. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Good. iv 194 p.; 24 cm. Tables. Among the organizations providing witnesses were: American Farm Bureau Federation Professional Drivers Council National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners Federal Highway Administration National Transportation Safety Board Private Truck Council of America American Trucking Associations Inc. Minor wear and soiling noted. Serial No. 95-132. This is a hearing on S.2970 the Truck Safety Act of 1978. This legislation was introduced by Senator Charles Percy and its purpose was to strengthen the power of the Federal Government in the truck safety area. Despite the scope of these truck safety problems S. 2970 goes beyond he issue of truck safety to apply to the safety of operation of all commercial motor vehicles over 10000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating. Thus this legislation would address the regulation of buses farm equipment and all other commercial vehicles above 10000 gross vehicle weight. In the course of these hearings the committee will be particularly interested in analyzing the adequacy of the Federal regulation of the commercial motor vehicles and what if anything is necessary in order to strengthen these programs. The committee is also concerned about how Federal programs interact with State regulation of commercial motor vehicles and whether this relationship is operating smoothly and effectively. As part of this overall examination the committee will seek to determine whether the funding and manpower allocated to these programs is adequate to carry out these important functions. The committee will also focus on how priorities are set in the regulation of commercial vehicles and what method of initiating investigations of improper behavior in this area would be most effective. n examining these issues the committee is fortunate to be receiving testimony today from an extremely wide spectrum of witnesses drawn from the Federal Government State agencies private trucking organizations farm representatives and private experts. U. S. Government Printing Office paperback
1973réf. 68107Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 1973. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Good. Rear cover and several back pages bent. Cover has some wear and soiling. iii 287 p. Title continues: 'May 9 10 14 15 21 and 22 1973" From Wikipedia: "Elliot Lee Richardson July 20 1920 December 31 1999 was an American lawyer and politician who was a member of the cabinet of Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. As U.S. Attorney General he was a prominent figure in the Watergate Scandal and resigned rather than obey President Nixon's order to fire special prosecutor Archibald Cox. Richardson served as Secretary of Health Education and Welfare from 1970 to 1973 Secretary of Defense from January to May 1973 Attorney General from May to October 1973 and Secretary of Commerce from 1976 to 1977. That makes him one of only two individuals to have held four Cabinet positions within the United States government the other such individual being George Shultz." U.S. Government Printing Office paperback
1982réf. 60282Washington DC: U. S. Government Printing Office 1982. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket. Ink note and initials on front. Initials RSC believe to be Ray Cline's a noted intelligence expert. Item has some wear and soiling. Distribution letter laid in. Back page creased. v 28 p.; 24 cm. Illustration. Occasional footnotes. 97th Congress 2d session. Committee print. This report details the scope and role of the Soviet Union The German Democratic Republic and Cuba had in instigating acts of terrorism as well as in recruiting supplying training and directing terrorist cadre. U. S. Government Printing Office paperback
1985réf. 65789Washington DC: U. S. Government Printing Office 1985. Wraps. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Has slight wear and soiling. v 61 p.; 24 cm. 98th Congress 2nd Session Senate Report No. 98-665. This is the report on the activities of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence which was given the responsibility to carry out oversight over the intelligence activities of the United States. The Committee believed that intelligence activities should be as accountable as possible to the public and this public report was intended to meet this requirement. U. S. Government Printing Office paperback
1990réf. 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
1939réf. 66458Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office 1939. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket. Cover has some wear creasing and soiling. Pencil erasure residue on t-p. iv 636 p. Includes illustrations. Fold-outs Title continues First Session: The Following Bills and Resoultions are Pending before the Committee for Considerations S. J. Res. 21 S. J. Res. 67 S. J. Res. 97 S. J. Res. 106 S. Con. Res. 8 S. 203 S. 1745. Consolidated Print. United States Government Printing Office paperback
2005réf. 63339Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 2005. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket as issued. iii 83 p. S. Hrg. 108-853. The Chairman felt that the hearing came at an important time. Progress made by our armed forces together with our coalition partners presented an opportunity to fully defeat violence and terror in Iraq. U.S. Government Printing Office paperback
1982réf. 60165Washington DC: U. S. Government Printing Office 1982. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket. iv 140 p. Serial No. J-97-68. This was a very important hearing on the process and impact of Indochiness refugee resettlement. U. S. Government Printing Office paperback
1997réf. 60163Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 1997. Wraps. Very good. No dust jacket. iii 200 p. Illustrations. S. Hrg. 105-197. This was the first of a series of QDR hearings that were intended to provide to the Congress with a general understanding of the administration's proposals and its implications for national security. U.S. Government Printing Office paperback
1980réf. 63934Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 1980. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Has some wear and soiling. iv 213 p.; 24 cm. Serial No. 96-45. This nomination was controversial with significant opposition from the Hispanic community. U.S. Government Printing Office paperback
1986réf. 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
2002réf. 64112Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 2002. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. iv594 p. Includes illustrations. S. Hrg. 107-318. This fireld hearing heard from local citizens and officals and national experts on a range of issues important to the community including children's health childhood leukemia cancer clusters and environmentally-related health problems. U.S. Government Printing Office paperback
2002réf. 64114Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 2002. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. iii 409 p. Includes illustrations. S. Hrg. 107-227. The Strategic Subcommittee recieved testimony from the National Commission for the Review of the Natioanl Reconnaissance Office NRO and from the Independent Commission on the National Imagery and Mapping Agency NIMA. U.S. Government Printing Office paperback
2008réf. 66628Washington DC: U. S. Government Printing Office 2008. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket. iii 249 p. Illustrations. S. Hrg. 110-633. From Wikipedia: "The United States Department of Homeland Security DHS is a cabinet department of the United States federal government created in response to the September 11 attacks and with the primary responsibilities of protecting the United States of America and U.S. Territories including Protectorates from and responding to terrorist attacks man-made accidents and natural disasters. Despite the Department of the Interior's name DHS is the equivalent to the Interior ministries of other countries not the Department of the Interior. In fiscal year 2011 DHS was allocated a budget of $98.8 billion and spent net $66.4 billion. Where the Department of Defense is charged with military actions abroad the Department of Homeland Security works in the civilian sphere to protect the United States within at and outside its borders. Its stated goal is to prepare for prevent and respond to domestic emergencies particularly terrorism. On March 1 2003 DHS absorbed the Immigration and Naturalization Service and assumed its duties. In doing so it divided the enforcement and services functions into two separate and new agencies: Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Citizenship and Immigration Services. The investigative divisions and intelligence gathering units of the INS and Customs Service were merged forming Homeland Security Investigations. Additionally the border enforcement functions of the INS including the U.S. Border Patrol the U.S. Customs Service and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service were consolidated into a new agency under DHS: U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The Federal Protective Service falls under the National Protection and Programs Directorate. With more than 200 000 employees DHS is the third largest Cabinet department after the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs. Homeland security policy is coordinated at the White House by the Homeland Security Council. Other agencies with significant homeland security responsibilities include the Departments of Health and Human Services Justice and Energy. According to the Homeland Security Research Corporation the combined financial year 2010 state and local HLS markets which employ more than 2.2 million first responders totaled $16.5 billion whereas the DHS HLS market totaled $13 billion. According to the Washington Post "DHS has given $31 billion in grants since 2003 to state and local governments for homeland security and to improve their ability to find and protect against terrorists including $3.8 billion in 2010." According to Peter Andreas a border theorist the creation of DHS constituted the most significant government reorganization since the Cold War and the most substantial reorganization of federal agencies since the National Security Act of 1947 which placed the different military departments under a secretary of defense and created the National Security Council and Central Intelligence Agency. DHS also constitutes the most diverse merger of federal functions and responsibilities incorporating 22 government agencies into a single organization." Also from Wikipedia: Michael Chertoff born November 28 1953 was the second United States secretary of homeland security under President George W. Bush and co-author of the USA PATRIOT Act. He previously served as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit as a federal prosecutor and as Assistant U.S. Attorney General. He succeeded Tom Ridge as United States secretary of homeland security on February 15 2005. Since leaving government service Chertoff has worked as senior of counsel at the Washington D.C. law firm of Covington & Burling. He also co-founded the Chertoff Group a risk-management and security consulting company which employs several senior officials from his time as secretary of homeland security as well as Michael Hayden a former director of the National Security Agency and the Central. U. S. Government Printing Office paperback
2008réf. 64604Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 2008. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket as issued. iii 71 p. S. Hrg. 110-564. It was the subcommittee's intention to conduct a broad reevaluation of the policies that were shaped by the U.S. assistance package to Pakistan. The United States had provided about $10 billion in financial assistance to Pakistan since 2001. The Chairman was interested in discussing how the United States should use our foreign assistance to develop and support a moderate center in Pakistan. U.S. Government Printing Office paperback
1994réf. 62364Washington DC: U. S. Government Printing Office 1994. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. 428 p. 103d Congress 2d Session Senate Report 103-317. Calendar No. 525. U. S. Government Printing Office paperback
1981réf. 61692Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office 1981. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Bottom edge has some soiling. vi 769 p. 24 cm. Illustrations. Occasional footnotes. Serial No. J-97-47. U.S. Government Printing Office paperback
1981réf. 60230Washington DC: U. S. Government Printing Office 1981. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket. iv 175 p. 24 cm. Illustrations. Endnotes. The Law of the Sea negotiations were among the most important issues confronting the then Administration. The new Administration determined to conduct a thorough review of the draft treaty in an effort to develop realistic positions on such issues as deep seabed mining. U. S. Government Printing Office paperback
2006réf. 61680Washington DC: U. S. Government Printing Office 2006. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. iii 114 p. Illustrations. S. Hrg. 107-1155. Serial No. J-107-91. U. S. Government Printing Office paperback
1982réf. 70405Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office 1982. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket. Pencil erasure residue on cover. Some curling at the top corner. Item has some wear and soiling. v 1 232 2 p. 24 cm. Illustrations. Title continues: "nuclear arms January 20 21 and 25 1982. From Wikipedia: "Arms control is a term for international restrictions upon the development production stockpiling proliferation and usage of small arms conventional weapons and weapons of mass destruction. Arms control is typically exercised through the use of diplomacy which seeks to impose such limitations upon consenting participants through international treaties and agreements although it may also comprise efforts by a nation or group of nations to enforce limitations upon a non-consenting country." U.S. Government Printing Office paperback
2007réf. 61960Washington DC: U. S. Government Printing Office 2007. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. iv 707 p. Some portions redacted. COver has slight wear and soiling. 110th Congress 1st Session Committee Print S. Prt. 110-28. U. S. Government Printing Office paperback
1992réf. 65781Washignton DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 1992. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Covers have some wear and soiling. Some minor creasing. 3 volume set. S. Hrg. 102-7899 3 volumes. Volume 1 0-16-039540-2 iv 961 p. ; Volume 2 0-16-039541-0 v 1 740 p.0; Volume 3 0-16-039542-9 iii 1 317 p. The Director of Central Intelligence commands vast capabilities to collect and analyze information far beyond those imagined by the earlier DCIs. On the basis of the information the DCI provides policy decisions are made diplomatic initiatives are mounted military operations are planned and carried out and research and development efforts are targeted. The DCI's job is unique interms of ranges of sensitive activities that the CIA is asked to carry out. The Committee felt that it must also examine the process by which intelligence analysis was developed for policymakers and felt that the DCI that they confirmed would need to preside over the first sweeping redesign of American intelligence since the National Security Act was passed in 1947. This three volume record of the hearings are increasingly scare and provide insight into Mr. Gates before he rose to the position of Secretary of Defense which he held over two administrations for Presidents of different parties. U.S. Government Printing Office paperback
1986réf. 67457Washington: U.S. G.P.O. 1986. Wraps. Good. Inkinitials on front cover. iv 681 p. 24 cm. Illustrations Maps. Title continues: "Ninety-ninth Congress First Session on S. 1517 and S. 1578 October 8 1985. S. Hrg. 99-349. This joint hearing was convened to address the serious issue of low-level radioactive waste disposal. The states had been negotiating regional compacts. The hearing was for the purpose of assisting the consideration of what courses of action the Congress should take with regard to those compacts that had been submitted to the Congress and to determine what interim measures might be taken to ensure that the remaining states moved forward to assume responsiblity for the wasts generated in their States. U.S. G.P.O. paperback
1968réf. 70342Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office 1968. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Good. Signed by previous owner. Cover has some wear and soiling. iv 300 p. Title continued: "17 1968". From Wikipedia: "The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons commonly known as the Non-Proliferation Treaty or NPT is an international treaty whose objective is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology to promote cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and to further the goal of achieving nuclear disarmament and general and complete disarmament. Opened for signature in 1968 the Treaty entered into force in 1970. On 11 May 1995 the Treaty was extended indefinitely. More countries have adhered to the NPT than any other arms limitation and disarmament agreement a testament to the Treaty's significance. A total of 191 states have joined the Treaty though North Korea which acceded to the NPT in 1985 but never came into compliance announced its withdrawal in 2003. Four UN member states have never joined the NPT: India Israel Pakistan and South Sudan. The treaty recognizes five states as nuclear-weapon states: the United States Russia the United Kingdom France and China also the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council." U.S. Government Printing Office paperback
2007réf. 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