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Afghanistan: Post-Taliban Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy (open access)

Afghanistan: Post-Taliban Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy

This report discusses the current political state of Afghanistan, focusing particularly on the influence of the Taliban and other militant groups, and on the leadership of Afghan President Hamid Karzai. This report also discusses the U.S.-Afghanistan relationship, in both the short and long term, and U.S. efforts under the Obama Administration to provide military, reconstructive, and stabilization aid.
Date: December 2, 2014
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 115, No. 151, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 2, 2014 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 115, No. 151, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 2, 2014
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 94, No. 231, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 2, 2014 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 94, No. 231, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 2, 2014
Creator: Bloom, David
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Clay mug from UNT's Clay Guild Pint Night at Lucky Lou's]

Photograph of a unique clay mug on a table at Lucky Lou's, a bar on West Hickory Street. The mug was made by a member of UNT's Clay Guild and given away with purchase of a draft beer during the club's "Pint Night" event.
Date: December 2, 2014
Creator: Johnston, Melanie
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conflict Minerals and Resource Extraction: Dodd-Frank, SEC Regulations, and Legal Challenges (open access)

Conflict Minerals and Resource Extraction: Dodd-Frank, SEC Regulations, and Legal Challenges

This report discusses the two sections of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) that require the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) to issue regulations to make public the involvement of U.S. companies in conflict minerals and in resource extraction payments.
Date: December 2, 2014
Creator: Seitzinger, Michael V. & Ruane, Kathleen Ann
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Liaison Offices of Selected Federal Agencies (open access)

Congressional Liaison Offices of Selected Federal Agencies

This report provides a list of roughly 200 congressional liaison offices with phone numbers, addresses, and other contact information.
Date: December 2, 2014
Creator: Crane-Hirsch, Audrey C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 122, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 2, 2014 (open access)

Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 122, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Daily newspaper from Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 2, 2014
Creator: Parks, Scott K.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Discovery via Integration of Experimentation and Modeling: Three Examples for Titanium Alloys (open access)

Discovery via Integration of Experimentation and Modeling: Three Examples for Titanium Alloys

This article uses case studies to describe three examples of critical experiments that have been conducted in an integrated fashion with modeling activities for titanium alloys, providing valuable information in an accelerated manner.
Date: December 2, 2014
Creator: Liu, Yue; Samimi, P.; Ghamarian, I.; Brice, David A.; Huber, D. E.; Wang, Zhiqiang et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 2, 2014 (open access)

The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Triweekly newspaper from Chickasha, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 2, 2014
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
GAO Bid Protests: An Overview of Time Frames and Procedures (open access)

GAO Bid Protests: An Overview of Time Frames and Procedures

The report is one of two providing Congress with background on the GAO bid-protest process.
Date: December 2, 2014
Creator: Manuel, Kate M. & Schwartz, Moshe
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Henderson Daily News (Henderson, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 218, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 2, 2014 (open access)

Henderson Daily News (Henderson, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 218, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Daily newspaper from Henderson, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 2, 2014
Creator: Linebarger, Les
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Jordan: Background and U.S. Relations (open access)

Jordan: Background and U.S. Relations

This report provides an overview of Jordanian politics and current issues in U.S.-Jordanian relations. It provides a brief discussion of Jordan's government and economy and of its cooperation with U.S. policy objectives in the Middle East, including the promotion of Arab- Israeli peace.
Date: December 2, 2014
Creator: Sharp, Jeremy M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Light and Champion (Center, Tex.), Vol. 137, No. 104, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 2, 2014 (open access)

The Light and Champion (Center, Tex.), Vol. 137, No. 104, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Semiweekly newspaper from Center, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 2, 2014
Creator: Dolan, Leah
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Medal of Honor Recipients: 1979-2014 (open access)

Medal of Honor Recipients: 1979-2014

The Medal of Honor (MOH) is the nation's highest award for military valor. It is presented by the President in the name of Congress and is often called the Congressional Medal of Honor. Since its first presentation in 1863, close to 3,500 MOHs have been awarded. In 1973, the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs issued a committee print, Vietnam Era Medal of Honor Recipients 1964-72, followed by the committee print, Medal of Honor Recipients: 1863-1978, in 1979. Both committee prints list recipients and provide the full text of the citation, which describes the actions that resulted in the awarding of the medal. This report covers additions and changes to the list of recipients of the medal since the release of the committee print.
Date: December 2, 2014
Creator: Leland, Anne
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicaid Home and Community-Based Settings Final Rule: In Brief (open access)

Medicaid Home and Community-Based Settings Final Rule: In Brief

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Date: December 2, 2014
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
NT Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 28, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 2, 2014 (open access)

NT Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 28, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Semi-weekly student newspaper from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: December 2, 2014
Creator: Wylie, Melissa
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 100, No. 71, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 2, 2014 (open access)

The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 100, No. 71, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Student newspaper of the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma that includes national, local, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: December 2, 2014
Creator: Buchanan, Blayklee
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oral History Interview with Melvin Schmidt, December 2, 2014 transcript

Oral History Interview with Melvin Schmidt, December 2, 2014

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Melvin N. Schmidt. Schmidt was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 4 March 1926. Expecting to volunteer for the Navy when he turned 18, he ended up joining the Marines on 1 June 1944. Boot camp was at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California. From there he went up the coast to Camp Pendleton for advanced infantry training. Training completed, Schmidt sailed for the Western Pacific in November, 1944. With brief stops in Pearl Harbor and Eniwetok, he finally arrived at Saipan on 12 December. There he was assigned to Third Battalion, Tenth Marine Regiment, Headquarters and Service Company. They remained on Saipan searching for hold-out Japanese until 5 March 1945. The unit then sailed to Okinawa on an LST as part of a decoy force that arrived at the south end of the island on 1 April 1945. The ships were attacked by Japanese kamikazes. They landed on the beach but were quickly withdrawn, spending the next ten days waiting to be called up to the main fighting up north. The Third Battalion then returned to Saipan via Ulithi arriving in mid-May. They stayed until 6 …
Date: December 2, 2014
Creator: Schmidt, Melvin
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Melvin Schmidt, December 2, 2014 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Melvin Schmidt, December 2, 2014

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Melvin N. Schmidt. Schmidt was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 4 March 1926. Expecting to volunteer for the Navy when he turned 18, he ended up joining the Marines on 1 June 1944. Boot camp was at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California. From there he went up the coast to Camp Pendleton for advanced infantry training. Training completed, Schmidt sailed for the Western Pacific in November, 1944. With brief stops in Pearl Harbor and Eniwetok, he finally arrived at Saipan on 12 December. There he was assigned to Third Battalion, Tenth Marine Regiment, Headquarters and Service Company. They remained on Saipan searching for hold-out Japanese until 5 March 1945. The unit then sailed to Okinawa on an LST as part of a decoy force that arrived at the south end of the island on 1 April 1945. The ships were attacked by Japanese kamikazes. They landed on the beach but were quickly withdrawn, spending the next ten days waiting to be called up to the main fighting up north. The Third Battalion then returned to Saipan via Ulithi arriving in mid-May. They stayed until 6 …
Date: December 2, 2014
Creator: Schmidt, Melvin
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Sammie Marshall, December 2, 2014 transcript

Oral History Interview with Sammie Marshall, December 2, 2014

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Sammie Marshall. Marshall was a student at the University of Texas where she met her future husband, Keifer. She describes how they met and writing him everyday when he joined the Marine Corps. Marshall discusses knitting sweaters for soldiers that traveled through her hometown by rail. She mentions hearing about the atomic bomb when she was with her aunt who had a son that had been wounded and was in the hospital. Marshall also describes Keifer having nightmares about combat upon his return.
Date: December 2, 2014
Creator: Marshall, Sammie
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Sammie Marshall, December 2, 2014 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Sammie Marshall, December 2, 2014

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Sammie Marshall. Marshall was a student at the University of Texas where she met her future husband, Keifer. She describes how they met and writing him everyday when he joined the Marine Corps. Marshall discusses knitting sweaters for soldiers that traveled through her hometown by rail. She mentions hearing about the atomic bomb when she was with her aunt who had a son that had been wounded and was in the hospital. Marshall also describes Keifer having nightmares about combat upon his return.
Date: December 2, 2014
Creator: Marshall, Sammie
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Peace Corps: Current Issues (open access)

The Peace Corps: Current Issues

The report discusses the President's annual funding request for the Peace Corps, efforts to reauthorize the Peace Corps, and related issues. Current issues include the extent to which there is available funding for Peace Corps expansion, whether the Peace Corps has the institutional capacity to expand, and whether volunteers are able to function in a safe and secure environment.
Date: December 2, 2014
Creator: Tarnoff, Curt
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 128, No. 28, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 2, 2014 (open access)

Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 128, No. 28, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Weekly newspaper from Emory, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 2, 2014
Creator: Hill, Trey
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Rebecca Poynter]

Photograph of Rebecca Poynter, Visiting Lecturer in the Mayborn School of Journalism at the University of North Texas (UNT).
Date: December 2, 2014
Creator: Clark, Junebug
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library