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Saddam Huessein
was the fifth President of Iraq, serving in this capacity from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003. A leading member of the revolutionary Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, and later, the Baghdad-based Ba'ath Party and its regional organisation Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region—which espoused ba'athism, a mix of Arab nationalism and Arab socialism—Saddam played a key role in the 1968 coup (later referred to as the 17 July Revolution) that brought the party to power in Iraq. -
Collapse of Soviet Union
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Soyna 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. -
Hurricane 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. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall. At least 1,833 people died in the hurricane and subsequent floods, making it the deadliest U.S. hurricane since the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane; total property damage was estimated at $81 billion (2005 USD). -
George H. W. Bush
is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States (1989–1993). A Republican, he had previously served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States (1981–1989), a congressman, an ambassador and Director of Central Intelligence; he is currently the oldest surviving former President. -
Donald Rumsfield
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. -
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. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation. Clinton has been described as a New Democrat. -
Greenpeace and Sierra Club
Socisal and advocacy organizations that favor legislation with the goal of protecting the enviorment. -
World Trade Oganization
avenue in which U.S. attempts to reduce trade barriers through international organizations to increase flow of U.S. commerce. -
George W. Bush
is an American politician and businessman who was the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009[4] and the 46th Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000. -
Kyoto Protocol
Rejected by U.S. senators due to the facts that it could undermine the U.S. governmetns authority. -
Third Party Canadidates
Can sometimes spoil an election by causing a mainline party candidate to lose by taking away votes -
Hillary Cliton
Hillary Diane Rodham 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. -
USA PATRIOT Act
Was opposed by some lawmakers becasue they felt it would lead to violations of the constitutional rights of citizens. -
9/11
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. -
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2008
Intended to improve economic conditions during a recession. -
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, along with numerous other mass-casualty attacks against civilian and military targets. He was a member of the wealthy Saudi bin Laden family, and an ethnic Yemeni Kindite. -
International Criminal Court
is a permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression
