The question considered hereâhow does population growth affect the direction. and magnitude of economic change today as world population approaches 6 billionâis. germane to a key argument invoked to defend international population assistance. programs since their inception in the early 1960s.
July 20, 1971: Ehrlichman Announces Creation of âPlumbersâ. Nixon aide John Ehrlichman reports that he has successfully created the special investigations unit ordered by the president (see Late June-July 1971). His first choice to head the unit, speechwriter Pat Buchanan, refused the position.
A corps of Engineers for the United States was authorized by the Congress on 11 March 1779. The Corps of Engineers as it is known today came into being on 16 March 1802, when the President was authorized to organize and establish a Corps of Engineers ... that the said Corps ...