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$787 billion Economic Stimulus Bill is signed into Law
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Barack Obama is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obama Care) is passed
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BP oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico
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The Compromise tax plan is passed extending the tax cuts initiated by George W. Bush
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Death of Osama bin Laden - Osama bin Laden is killed in a US raid in Pakistan
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Benghazi attack of September 11, 2012, when Islamic militants attacked the American diplomatic compound
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Libyan leader Colonel Qaddaffi is killed
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President Barack Obama is re-elected to a second term as President, beating Mitt Romney
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Barack Obama begins his second term as the current U.S. President
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The No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013 is signed into law
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The Violence Against Women Act is signed into law
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In April 2013 terrorist forces in Iraq and Syria merged creating ISIL, the "Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant" reflecting the new goal of territorial ownership of all of Iraq and the Levant (Syria and Lebanon)
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The Boston Marathon bombing terrorist attack on April 15, 2013
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West Fertilizer Company explosion claimed 15 lives and injured 200 others
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The Freedom Tower (One World Trade Center) was completed in July 2013 and opened November 3, 2014
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October 17, 2013: The Continuing Appropriations Act is signed into law containing a continuing resolution ending the US government shutdown of 2013 and the debt-ceiling crisis of 2013
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The President meets with the Dalai Lama at the White House
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The President visits troops and military leaders at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan
