Representative American Speeches 2012-2013
By: edited by Brian Boucher
Series: The Reference Shelf -- Volume 85, Number 6; Reference shelf -- v. 85 no. 6.
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9780824212117; 9780824212179
Subjects: Speeches, addresses, etc., American
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Defending human rights : Rights in crisis / Ivan Šimonović ; Reassessing solitary confinement / Anthony Graves ; Human trafficking and forced labor / Mohamed Matter ; Why we need to close Guantanamo / Elisa Massimino ; Ending gender inequality leads to a more perfect union / Bill Clinton ; UN resolution on human rights, sexual orientation, and gender identity / Ban Ki-moon ; Revisiting the success and continued challenges of the Vienna Declaration / Navi Pillay ; Expansion of war crimes reward program : a discussion / Stephen J. Rapp, Sarah Pray, Fatou Bensouda, Mark Quarterman, and Lisa Dougan; title: Issues in health care and medicine : Achieving an Aids-free generation / Hillary Rodham Clinton ; Let's move! / Michelle Obama ; The rising importance of family medicine / Margaret Chan ; The growing movement for universal health coverage / Jim Yong Kim; title: The debate on gun control : Pro-gun ownership and anti-gun violence / Mark E. Kelly ; The human and economic cost of gun violence / James Johnson ; Stricter gun control legislation: a waste of time / Orrin Hatch ; A father's appeal to ban assault weapons / Neil Heslin ; A more accountable gun culture / Alan Lowenthal ; The right to bear arms is an individual right / Chris Stewart ; One man with courage makes a majority / Joe Manchin ; Families are saying enough is enough / Kristen Gillibrand; title: Immigration reform : "How do you define 'American'?" / Jose Antonio Vargas ; Living under the threat of deportation / Benita Veliz ; The opportunity of immigration reform / Thomas J. Donohue ; Life in the shadows / Eric Holder ; Puerto Ricans are US citizens, but our citizenship is second class / Pedro R. Pierluisi ; Success on immigration reform runs through the border / Mitch McConnell ; Solving guest worker problem leads to immigration reform / Marco Rubio ; 12 million undocumented workers in the balance / Rand Paul; title: Remaking business : A rose by any other name ... would probably violate the FTC Act: Shakespeare, the FTC, and advertising / Edith Ramirez ; Progress and opportunity for the disabled / Seth D. Harris ; Making it : my address to the 2012 Women Entrepreneurs Festival / Joanne Wilson ; Capital formation from the investor's perspective / Luis Aguilar ; The power of socially and environmentally engaged companies / Bill Novelli ; Grassroots economics / William C. Dudley ; Immigrants and America's innovation economy / Luis Arbulu ; Leveraging private sector investment in the developing world / Jim Yong Kim.