Kwajalein Atoll, the Marshall Islands and American Policy in the Pacific
Kwajalein Atoll, the Marshall Islands and American Policy in the Pacific

Author: Ruth Douglas Currie

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2016-10-31

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 1476663114

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For centuries, the Marshall Islands have been drawn into international politics, primarily because of their central location in Oceania. After World War II they came into the American sphere as part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. At the outset of the Cold War, the Marshalls were a site for nuclear tests and later for the U.S. Army's ballistic missile testing as part of President Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative. This book focuses on the islanders' tenacious negotiations for independence and control of their land, accomplished as the Republic of the Marshall Islands in a Compact of Free Association with the U.S. The creation of American policy in the Pacific was a struggle between the U.S. departments of the Interior and State, and the military's goals for strategic national defense, as illustrated by the case of the Army's base at Kwajalein Atoll.

Hearing on the Reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention ACT
Hearing on the Reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention ACT

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Published: 1992

Total Pages: 140

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Testimony from a hearing on the Reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act is presented in this document. Comments and a prepared statement by Representative Matthew G. Martinez open the document. Testimony from Representatives Harris W. Fawell and Dale E. Kildee is also included. Testimony and/or prepared statements from these witnesses are included: (1) Robert W. Sweet, Jr., Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice; (2) Gordon Raley, Executive Director, National Collaboration for Youth, Washington, D.C.; (3) Robbie Callaway, Director of Government Affairs, Boys and Girls Club of America, Rockville, Maryland; (4) Susan Morris, Chair, National Coalition of State Juvenile Justice Advisory Groups, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; (5) W. Don Reader, Judge, Domestic Relations, Division of the Common Pleas Court, Stark County, Ohio, Canton, Ohio; (5) Michael Dermody, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, and Sheila Leslie, Children's Cabinet, Reno, Nevada; (6) J. Dean Lewis, District Judge, Fredericksburg, Virginia; (7) Pat McGrath, Superintendent, Du Page County Youth House, Wheaton, Illinois; and (8) Jane Peerson, Chief Probation Officer, 18th Judicial Circuit, Du Page County, Illinois. (ABL)