Download or read book An Independent Mission written by Larry Pressler and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-11-09 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2013, the film American Hustle was released. Its 1979 ABSCAM-inspired plot created renewed public interest in Larry Pressler, the South Dakota senator who was the only public official to turn down the illegal FBI bribe. Capitalizing on the public's renewed interest, Pressler, who was disillusioned by the partisan two-party system, chose to get back in the ring. It had been eighteen years since he left office, but with an open Senate seat in 2014, Pressler felt a calling urging him to run. Despite serving his twenty-two years in office as a Republican, Pressler ran this time as an Independent-he was tired of the partisan bickering in Washington and was unwilling to submit to either party's special interests. An Independent Mission: An Innovative Campaign for the U.S. Senate tells the journey of this unexpected candidacy and instills hope that with some much-needed effort, we can achieve a political renaissance.

Download or read book Senator Pressler written by Larry Pressler and published by Fortis Publishing. This book was released on 2016-02-15 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2013, the film American Hustle was released. Its 1979 ABSCAM-inspired plot created renewed public interest in Larry Pressler, the South Dakota senator who was the only public official to turn down the illegal FBI bribe. He immediately reported the incident to the FBI. When Senator Pressler was told Walter Cronkite referred to him on the evening news as a "hero" he stated, "I do not consider myself a hero... what have we come to if turning down a bribe is 'heroic'?" Capitalizing on the public's renewed interest, Pressler, who was disillusioned by the partisan two-party system, chose to get back in the ring. It had been eighteen years since he left office, but with an open Senate seat in 2014, Pressler felt a calling urging him to run. Despite serving his twenty-two years in office as a Republican, Pressler ran this time as an Independent-he was tired of the partisan bickering in Washington and was unwilling to submit to either party's special interests. This book tells the journey of this unexpected candidacy and instills hope that with some much-needed effort, we can achieve a political renaissance. About the Author Senator Larry Pressler is a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1975-1979) and the U.S. Senate (1979-1997). He is a Rhodes Scholar, a Harvard Law School graduate, a Vietnam combat veteran, a Fulbright professor, and a member of the U.S. Supreme Court Bar.

Download or read book Neighbours in Arms written by Larry Pressler and published by Penguin Random House India Private Limited. This book was released on 2017-07-26 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As chairman of the US Senate's Arms Control Subcommittee, Larry Pressler advocated the now-famous Pressler Amendment, enforced in 1990 when President George H.W. Bush could not certify that Pakistan was not developing a nuclear weapon. Aid and military sales to Pakistan were blocked, including a consignment of F-16 fighter aircraft, changing forever the tenor of the United States' relationships with Pakistan and India, and making Pressler 'a temporary hero throughout India and a devil in Pakistan'. This book reveals what went on behind the scenes in the years when the Pressler Amendment was in force, through a cast of characters that include presidents, prime ministers, senators and generals in the US, India and Pakistan. It exposes the enormous power wielded by the military-industrial complex, which the author terms 'Octopus', and how it controls significant aspects of the American presence in the Indian subcontinent. The book provides a comprehensive account of how US foreign policy in the subcontinent was formed from 1974 till today, and ends with recommendations of a new US-India alliance that could be a model for American allies in future.

Download or read book U S Senators from the Prairie written by Larry Pressler and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A historical analysis of their role in national and state politics accompanies biographical sketches and excerpts from speeches of South Dakota's 23 United States Senators.

Download or read book Visit of Senator Pressler to Examine U S Assistance Policy Issues in the Former Soviet Union written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Star Wars written by Larry Pressler and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1986-05-20 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this searching examination of a most vital national security issue and an example of responsible Congressional overview, Senator Pressler synthesizes all of the relevant data being presented to Congress, technological reports as well as floor debates, into a comprehensive guide to the issue. He presents the major positions, argued in the words of U.S. Senators and Representatives, and detailed descriptions of weaponry, capabilities of the Soviets, the cost of space weapons and their impact on arms control. He also outlines the policy considerations, strategic impact, and technological aspects of the Strategic Defense Initiative, as well as arguments on both sides of the controversy. ISBN 0-03-008583-7: $19.95.

Download or read book Interpreting the Pressler Amendment written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Star Wars written by Larry Pressler and published by Praeger Publishers. This book was released on 1986-01-01 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Hearing on Public Land Use Impact on Small Business written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Small Business and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Report of the Secretary of the Senate from written by United States. Congress. Senate and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 1180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Cost and Availability of Liability Insurance for Small Business written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Small Business and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Interpreting the Pressler Amendment written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Report of the Senate Impeachment Trial Committee written by United States. Congress. Senate. Impeachment Trial Committee and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 1204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Report of the Senate Impeachment Trial Committee September 10 and 15 1986 Meetings on pretrial motions September 15 16 17 18 and 19 1986 Testimony of witnesses written by United States. Congress. Senate. Impeachment Trial Committee and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 1198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Nomination Department of Commerce written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Business, Trade, and Tourism and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Scrambling of Satellite TV Signals written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Prairie Republic written by Jon Lauck and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Territorial politics in the late-nineteenth-century West is typically viewed as a closed-door game of unprincipled opportunism or is caricatured, as in the classic film The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, as a drunken exercise in bombast and rascality. Now Jon K. Lauck examines anew the values we like to think were at work during the founding of our western states. Taking Dakota Territory as a laboratory for examining a formative stage of western politics, Lauck finds that settlers from New England and the Midwest brought democratic practices and republican values to the northern plains and invoked them as guiding principles in the drive for South Dakota statehood.