On September 11, 2001, as the United States faced the worst terrorist attack in its history, Vice President Dick Cheney sat in the Presidential Emergency Operations Center (PEOC), the underground command post beneath the White House East Wing from which the President, senior military officials, and cabinet members would manage the national emergency that day.
AFPI congratulates Secretary McMahon and the Department of Education for achieving consensus yesterday at the final meeting of its Accreditation, Innovation, and Modernization (AIM) Committee’s negotiated rulemaking sessions.
The integrity of American elections should not depend upon unreadable machine code. Election integrity depends upon a simple principle: the official vote record must be verifiable by voters and auditable by the public. Hand-marked paper ballots remain superior to QR code systems in this respect.
The United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA) was signed in 2018 and came into effect in 2020. The first USMCA review is scheduled for July 1, 2026. If the three countries decide to extend the USMCA, the agreement continues for another 16 years, with another review scheduled for 2032. But if no consensus is reached on extending the agreement, the USMCA will be reviewed annually until its expiration date in 2036.