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Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti was the fifth President of Iraq, serving in this capacity from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003. -
George H. W. Bush
George Herbert Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States. -
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Kyoto Protocol
rejected by US senators due to the fact that it could undermine the US governments authority. -
Collapse of the Soviet Union
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World Trade Organization
avenue in which US attempts to reduce trade barriers through international organizations to increase flow of US commerce. -
Osama Bin Laden
Osama bin Laden was the founder of al-Qaeda, the militant Islamist organization that claimed responsibility for the September 11 attacks on the United States -
George W. Bush
George Walker Bush is an American politician and businessman who was the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009 and the 46th Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000 -
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. -
Donald Rumsfeld
Donald Henry Rumsfeld is an American politician and businessman. Rumsfeld served as the 13th Secretary of Defense from 1975 to 1977 under President Gerald Ford, and as the 21st Secretary of Defense from 2001 to 2006 under President George W. Bush. -
9/11
terrorist attack on the world trade center twin towers, and pentagon. -
USA PATRIOT Act
was opposed by some lawmakers because they felt it would lead to violations of the consitutional rights of citizens. -
Interational Criminal Court
U.S. views as good due to credibility gained by following same rules as other nations, yet bad due to soldiers and officals of the U.S. being charged with war crimes in a court not with the U.S. legal system. -
Hurricane Katrina
factors leading to hurricane katrina's destruction was failure of levees to hold, inability of some residents to evacuate, location below sea level. -
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2008
intended to improve economic conditions during a recession. -
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton is an American politician and diplomat who was the 67th United States Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013, serving under President Barack Obama. She was previously a United States Senator for New York from 2001 to 2009. -
Sonia Sotomayor
Sonia Maria Sotomayor is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, serving since August 2009. Sotomayor is the Court's 111th justice, its first Hispanic justice, and its third female justice. -
Third-Party Candidates
can sometimes spoil an election by causing a mainline party candidate to lose by taking away votes. -
Greenpeace and Sierra Club
social and political adovacy organizations that favor legislation with the goal of protecting the environment.
