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This new edition has been completely revised and updated by Alonzo L. Hamby, Distinguished Professor of History at Ohio University. Professor Hamby has written extensively on American politics and society. Among his books are Man of the People: A Life of Harry S. Truman and For the Survival of Democracy: Franklin Roosevelt and the World Crisis of the 1930s. ]]> http://pdfcast.org/pdf/outline-of-us-history Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 -0600 http://pdfcast.org/pdf/outline-of-us-history http://pdfcast.org/pdf/who-is-barack-obama Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 -0600 http://pdfcast.org/pdf/who-is-barack-obama
As the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Biden has earned a reputation for working on a bipartisan basis with his Republican colleagues. Senator Richard Lugar, currently the Ranking Minority Member on the committee, said: "Senator Biden has a very strong commitment to a bipartisan foreign policy and serves as a good example for everyone in Congress. He has a very broad, comprehensive view of the world. He’s a good listener, but he’s also a strong and effective advocate of his position."

Senator Biden has been a leading and consistent voice against the Administration’s failed policy in Iraq. He is the co-author of the Biden-Gelb Plan for Iraq – a detailed, five-point plan for a way forward in Iraq. The Biden-Gelb plan calls for decentralizing Iraq – separating the parties and giving them breathing room in their own regions, held together by a limited central government. The plan has garnered support from political leaders, foreign policy experts and opinion leaders across the nation.

Senator Biden is also recognized as one of the nation’s leading experts on terrorism. Before the 9/11 attacks, he warned that the Bush Administration’s intense focus on missile defense might cause us to divert our attention from other, more likely threats, stating that the new threat to the United States “would not come from an intercontinental ballistic missile with a return address” but in “the belly of a plane” or from a “vial smuggled in a backpack or a bomb in the hold of a ship.” After the attacks of 9/11, he authored legislation to address the threats of bioterrorism, nuclear and radiological terrorism.

In addition to his leadership on foreign policy, Senator Biden is widely recognized for his work on criminal justice issues. A former Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, he has been instrumental in crafting virtually every major piece of crime legislation over the past two decades, including the 1994 Crime Bill which dramatically increased funds spent on law enforcement. Senator Biden also wrote the landmark Violence Against Women Act which contains a broad array of ground-breaking measures to combat domestic violence and provides billions of dollars in federal funds to address genderbased crimes.

Senator Biden lives in Wilmington, Delaware with his wife Jill and commutes by train to Washington, DC when the Senate is in session. The Bidens have three children and five grandchildren.]]> http://pdfcast.org/pdf/us-senator-joe-biden-a-year-on-iraq Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 -0600 http://pdfcast.org/pdf/us-senator-joe-biden-a-year-on-iraq http://pdfcast.org/pdf/green-cards-facts-at-a-glance Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 -0600 http://pdfcast.org/pdf/green-cards-facts-at-a-glance http://pdfcast.org/pdf/living-in-the-united-states-a-guide-for-immigrant-youth Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 -0600 http://pdfcast.org/pdf/living-in-the-united-states-a-guide-for-immigrant-youth http://pdfcast.org/pdf/a-legal-guide-for-non-citizens-answering-some-frequently-asked-questions Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 -0600 http://pdfcast.org/pdf/a-legal-guide-for-non-citizens-answering-some-frequently-asked-questions publication includes life-size representations of nearly five hundred species of North American birds.]]> http://pdfcast.org/pdf/american-flamingo-1838 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 -0600 http://pdfcast.org/pdf/american-flamingo-1838 http://pdfcast.org/pdf/issue-1-barack-obama-a-pleasant-change-or-a-nasty-surprise Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 -0600 http://pdfcast.org/pdf/issue-1-barack-obama-a-pleasant-change-or-a-nasty-surprise http://pdfcast.org/pdf/issue-4-occupied-palestine-part-i Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 -0600 http://pdfcast.org/pdf/issue-4-occupied-palestine-part-i http://pdfcast.org/pdf/issue-5-occupied-palestine-part-ii Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 -0600 http://pdfcast.org/pdf/issue-5-occupied-palestine-part-ii http://pdfcast.org/pdf/issue-6-occupied-palestine-part-iii Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 -0600 http://pdfcast.org/pdf/issue-6-occupied-palestine-part-iii http://pdfcast.org/pdf/issue-8-contrails-or-chemtrails Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 -0600 http://pdfcast.org/pdf/issue-8-contrails-or-chemtrails perhaps his greatest renown as a political theorist and spokesman for democracy. He was born in what is now Albemarle County, Virginia, studied law, and was admitted to the Virginia bar in 1767. He served in the Virginia house of burgesses from 1769 until it disbanded in 1774. Virginia sent Jefferson to the beingsecond Continental Congress, where he was elected to the committee charged with drafting a declaration of independence. Although he was assisted by John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and others, Jefferson was the document’s primary author.]]> http://pdfcast.org/pdf/thomas-jefferson-1743-1826 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 -0600 http://pdfcast.org/pdf/thomas-jefferson-1743-1826
From late March / early April for six weeks Jefferson suffered from crippling headaches so that he could not leave Monticello for Philadelphia till May 14.

These headaches he said began "every day at sunrise, and never left me till sunset." ]]> http://pdfcast.org/pdf/thomas-jefferson-and-the-declaration-of-independence Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 -0600 http://pdfcast.org/pdf/thomas-jefferson-and-the-declaration-of-independence Affairs initiative and the Department of the
Interior initiated and underwrote the National
Native American Economic Policy Summit (Summit), the resulting policy recommendations
and the subsequent policy report entitled Native American Economic Policy Report 2007 reflect Summit participant views and recommendations and not necessarily those of the federal government. The recommendations and report are the direct product of a series of meetings with tribal leaders and other vested partners affected and influenced by Native American economic policy issues. The White House and DOI support the public dissemination of the report, but this does not in anyway imply endorsement for the recommendations or the report.
]]> http://pdfcast.org/pdf/native-american-economic-policy-report Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 -0600 http://pdfcast.org/pdf/native-american-economic-policy-report surveys from the Institute of Social Research were partially
replicated in the 1996 General Social Survey (GSS) to
examine the policy implications of people's responses to
feeling an impending nervous breakdown. Questions about
problems in modern living were added to the GSS to
provide a profile of the public's view of mental health
problems. Results were compared for 1957, 1976, and
1996. In 1957, 19% of respondents had experienced an
impending nervous breakdown; in 1996, 26% had had this
experience. Between 1957 and 1996, participants increased
their use of informal social supports, decreased
their use of physicians, and increased their use of nonmedical
mental health professionals. These findings support
policies that strengthen informal support seeking and access
to effective psychosocial treatments rather than current
mental health reimbursement practices, which emphasize
the role of primary care physicians.]]> http://pdfcast.org/pdf/responses-to-nervous-breakdowns-in-america-over-a-40-year-period Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 -0600 http://pdfcast.org/pdf/responses-to-nervous-breakdowns-in-america-over-a-40-year-period http://pdfcast.org/pdf/immigration-and-the-american-industrial-revolution-from-1880-to-1920q Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 -0600 http://pdfcast.org/pdf/immigration-and-the-american-industrial-revolution-from-1880-to-1920q http://pdfcast.org/pdf/toc-america-2009 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 -0600 http://pdfcast.org/pdf/toc-america-2009 http://pdfcast.org/pdf/casa-gospod-ria-domnului-vol-3-dicteu-divin-prin-jakob-lorber Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 -0600 http://pdfcast.org/pdf/casa-gospod-ria-domnului-vol-3-dicteu-divin-prin-jakob-lorber http://pdfcast.org/pdf/sfa-preserve-america-mini-grant-application-updated Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 -0600 http://pdfcast.org/pdf/sfa-preserve-america-mini-grant-application-updated