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Persian gulf war
On 2 August 1990 the Iraqi Army invaded and occupied Kuwait, which was met with international condemnation and brought immediate economic sanctions against Iraq by members of the UN Security Council. Together with the UK prime minister Margaret Thatcher, who had resisted the invasion by Argentina of the Falkland Islands a decade earlier,[28] American President George H. W. Bush deployed US forces into Saudi Arabia, and urged other countries to send their own forces to the scene. -
contract with america
The Contract with America was a document released by the United States Republican Party during the 1994 Congressional election campaign. ... The 1994 elections resulted in Republicans gaining 54 House and 9 U.S. Senate seats. -
NAFTA
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA; Spanish: Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte, TLCAN; French: Accord de libre-échange nord-américain, ALÉNA) is an agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States, creating a trilateral trade bloc in North America. -
bill clinton impeached
The impeachment of Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States, was initiated in December 1998 by the House of Representatives and led to a trial in the Senate on two charges, one of perjury and one of obstruction of justice. -
hillary clinton
United States Senate career of Hillary Clinton. Hillary Rodham Clinton served as a United States Senator from New York from January 3, 2001 to January 21, 2009. She won the United States Senate election in New York, 2000 and the United States Senate election in New York, 2006.
