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Dates: during 2001-2001
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More importantly, why does the American public feel that it has the right to know the minutiae of the government??€™s actions? Why does the public feel that government officials must provide detailed updates concerning the administration’s decision-making process...
...cabinet. They did not gripe when they did not receive advance warning of the president’s policies, and they did not complain about not knowing the Union’s military strategy. All that was required to satisfy Americans then was a clear statement of the government??€™s intentions: the defeat and re-incorporation of the rebellious states into the Union. Now, however, citizens feel that they have the right to know what goes on in presidential meetings, cabinet talks and national security briefings. The American public has come to expect complete exposure of the government...
...know nothing of the government??€™s plans is untrue. The government is making commendable efforts, under the watch of Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, to build a multinational coalition, one which stretches across ethnic, religious, ideological and political boundaries. As of last week, Powell had talked to the leaders of more than 80 nations as part of this effort. The immensity of this project is astonishing, especially considering the progress that has already been made. We need a coalition to prevent anti-Americanism from growing throughout the world. We are also moving ships, men and planes into...
...neither of these things will absolve me from my utter failing as an American citizen. The primary duty of democratic citizens is to be cognizant and critical of their government??€™s policies and actions (critical not meaning unsupportive, but unwilling to accept on blind faith). I don’t have to know the exact battle plans, the sites of surprise attacks before they happen or the locations of secret missile bases. However, the argument that national security prevents my knowledge (and the public’s) of American military action in all cases is highly flawed...
...responsibility to tell the American people what he is doing. If we aren’t a nation of democratic citizens, then he does not have much of a nation to protect, and such a nation cannot exist if its citizens do not have access to information about their government??€™s policies and plans...