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GreenPeace and Sierra Club
Social and political advocacy organizations that favor leislation with the goal of protecting the enviornment -
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. -
Third Party Candidates
CAn sometimes spoil an election by cauing a mainline party candidate to lose by taking away votes -
Osama Bin Laden
He studied there in college until 1979, when he joined the mujahideen forces in Pakistan against the Soviets in Afghanistan. -
Saddam Hussein
the fifth President of Iraq, A leading member of the revolutionary Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party. -
George H. W. Bush
is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States. -
Collapse of Soviet Union
the world watched in amazement, the Soviet Union disintegrated into fifteen separate countries. Its collapse was hailed by the west as a victory for freedom, a triumph of democracy over totalitarianism, and evidence of the superiority of capitalism over socialism -
Sonya Sotomayor
Was the First Hispanic to serve on the Supreme Court. -
Bill Clinton
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. -
WTO
Avenue in which US attempts to reduce trade barriers through international organizations to increase flow of US commerce -
Kyoto Protocol
Rejected by US senators due to the fact that it could undermine the US governments authority. -
International Criminal Court
US views as good due to credibility gained by following same rules as other nations, yet bad due to soldiers and officials of the US being charged wit war crimes in a court not with the US legal system -
Hiliary Clinton
s 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. -
USA PATRIOT Act
Act of the U.S. Congress that was signed into law by President George W. Bush on October 26, 2001. USA PATRIOT) that stands for Uniting (and) Strengthening America (by) Providing Appropriate Tools Required (to) Intercept (and) Obstruct Terrorism Act -
9/11
The September 11 attacks were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks launched by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda upon the United States in New York City and the Washington, D.C. area on September 11, 2001. -
Hurrican Katrina
was the deadliest and most destructive Atlantic hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States -
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2008
Intented to improve economic conditions during a recession
