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Foreign Affairs

Foreign Affairs. Adam Warnalis. History of the Foreign Affairs Committee. The committee traces it origins back to November 29, 1775 The committee was created to correspond with Great Britain, Ireland, and other parts of the world. Benjamin Franklin was the first chairman of the committee

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Foreign Affairs

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  1. Foreign Affairs Adam Warnalis

  2. History of the Foreign Affairs Committee • The committee traces it origins back to November 29, 1775 • The committee was created to correspond with Great Britain, Ireland, and other parts of the world. • Benjamin Franklin was the first chairman of the committee • Other members included: Benjamin Harrison, Thomas Johnson, John Dickinson, and John Jay • A descendant of the Committee of Corespondence

  3. Duties of the Foreign Affairs Committee • Responsible for oversight and legislation relating to: • Foreign Assistance • Peace Corps • National Security developments pertaining to foreign affairs • War powers • Treaties • Deployment of U.S. armed forces • Arms control and disarmament issues

  4. Meet the Chairman • Howard L. Berman is the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee • He grew up in Los Angeles and attended school at UCLA as well as their law school • During his first term in state legislature, he was named Assembly-Majority leader and was the youngest to ever receive such an honor • In 1982, Berman was elected to Congress and was then named to the Foreign Affairs and Judiciary Committees • He has been working hard to strengthen U.S. relations with Israel and preventing the production of weapons of mass destruction

  5. Works Cited http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/about.asp?sec=history http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/about.asp?sec=jurisdiction http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/about.asp?sec=chairman

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