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"The Sierra Club is one of the oldest, largest, and most influential grassroots environmental organizations in the United States." It's an advocacy organization that favors legislation with the goal to protect the environment.
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Geor H. W. Bush was the 41st president of the United States. His son, George W. Bush was the 43rd president.
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Donald Henry Rumsfeld is an American politician and businessman. He served as the 13th Secretary of Defense from under President Ford and as the 21st Secretary of Defense under President George W. Bush.
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Saddam Hussein was the fifth president of Iraq. He served from 1979 to 2003.
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George Walker Bush is an American politician and businessman who was the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009.
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Formally known as William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton, he is an American "politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001." He is the third-youngest president, inaugurated at the age 46.
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HIlary Clinton has served as the first lady of the United States, Senator of the State of New York and U.S. Secretary of State.
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Sonia Sotomayor was the first Hispanic to serve on the Supreme Court. She has served since 2009.
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"Greenpeace is a non-governmental environmental organization that focuses on world wide issues such as "global warming, deforestation, overfishing, commercial whaling, genetic engineering, and anti-nuclear issues." It is an advocacy organization that favors legislation with the goal of protecting the environment.
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The collapse of the Soviet Union happened in 1991. "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."(coldwar.org)
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The World Trade Organization was the avenue in which the U.S. attempted to reduce trade barriers through international organizations to increase flow of U.S. commerce.
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The Kyoto Protocol was rejected by U.S. senators due to the fact that it could undermine the U.S. governments authority.
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The 2001 terrorist attacks focused the U.S. foreign policy in the 21st century to that of combating terorism. It affected everyone so greatly and even after 12 years, remains on of the most shocking events to happen in the United States.
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The USA Patriot Act was opposed by saw lawmakers because they felt it would lead to violations of the constitutional rights of citizens.
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The International Criminal Court was view as good by the U.S. and gained creditability because of the fact that it followed the same rules as other countries. Yet, it was also viewed as bad because soldiers and officials of the U.S. being charged with war crimes in a court that did not follow with the U.S. legal system.
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The failure of levees to hold, the inability of some residents to evacuate, and the city of New Orleans being below sea level contributed to the amount of damage Hurricane Katrina caused.
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The ARRA was intended to improve economic conditions during a recession. It was used to save and create jobs almost immediately.
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Osama bin Laden is the founder of al-Qaeda, which is claimed to be responsible for the September 11 attacks."He was a member of the wealthy Saudi bin Laden family, and an ethnic Yemeni Kindite."
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Third Party Candidates can sometimes spoil an election by causing a mainline party candidate to lose by taking away votes.
