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At 2 a.m. in early Auguest, 80,00 Iraqi troops invaded and occupied Kuwait. Kuwait is an oil-rich area on the Persian Gulf. This event was a major international crisis and was the first to ever happen.
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President Bush declared, "This agrresion will not stand." The Bush administration sent out 180,000 troops in order to protect Saudi Arabian border.
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President Bush doubled the amount of troopsdeployed in the Persian Gulf. This showed that the Bush Administration was ready to eject Iraq from Kuwait.
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Arkanas governer (Bill Clinton) overuled George Bush and Ross Perot and became the president. Bill Clinton was the first Democratic President in 12 years.
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Mid-term election left both houses of congress under power of Republicans. Congressional Republicans wanted welfare reform, term limits for office holders, a moratorium on environmental, health and safety regulations.
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House Judiciary Committee approved four articles of impeachment. The articles suggested that Clinton had abused his power and other things.
