Introduction The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is an agreement between the United States, Canada, and Mexico which provides for free trade among the three countries by removing or reducing restrictions to trade, such as tariffs and quotas, and providing a fair method for settling disputes. NAFTA went into effect in 1994. “The agreement […]
Tag Archives: Central Intelligence Agency
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For those who wish they were working for the CIA, jobs are wide ranging, challenging, and rewarding. Anyone can work for the CIA as an accountant, librarian, psychologist, research scientist, medical officer, or even a mechanic. However, when searching for CIA jobs, the first thing that comes to mind is the special agent. This article […]
More than 20 years since The Naval Institute Press first published ‘The Hunt for Red October’ as one of its fiction offerings. Written by a Maryland insurance salesman, this novel depicting the plot of a Soviet submarine commander to overthrow the United States became a fugitive salesman and made Tom Clancy a one-man multimedia project. […]
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The United States consumes 18.69 million barrels of oil and oil products each day, 10.74 million of which are oil imports from 15 countries, according to data from the Central Intelligence Agency and U.S. Energy Information Administration. Of those 10.74 million barrels imported each day, 3.77 million (35%) come from the neighboring countries of Canada […]
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is one of the least understood government agencies in the United States. They aren’t in the public eye nearly as much as the FBI because their job is not to investigate crime, but to collect intelligence. The majority of their work is done behind the scenes and without advisement of […]