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Carter's SALT II Agreement
Agreement w/soviet union to reduce nuclear stockpiling -
Carters Panama Cana Treaty
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Energy Crisis
Deregulation of the airline, banking, oil industries -
Iran Hostage Crisis
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Iran Hostage Crisis
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Reagan's Tax Cuts
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Air Traffic Controller Strike
PATCO refusal to work -
Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative
Use ground and space-based systems to protect the United States from attack by strategic nuclear ballistic missiles. -
Clean Air Act
Reducing urban smog and eliminating toxic chemicals -
Americans with Diabilities Act
Making it illegal for employers to discriminate against people that were disabled -
Desert Storm
Against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait -
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Desert Storm Operation (Persian Gulf War)
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Health Care Reform
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Lewinsky Scandal
President Bill Clinton had an affair with Monica Lewinsky while she worked at the White House -
USS Cole
Bombing on the United States -
War on Terror
Destruction caused in New York and Washington as an act of war against all freedom-loving people -
9/11 Attack
Terrorists from the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda hijacked four passenger jets. -
Afghan War
Goal of dismantling the al-Qaeda terrorist organization and ending its use of Afghanistan as a base. War is to present date -
Iraq War
Iraq's alleged possession of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) posed a threat to their security and that of their coalition/regional allies -
Hurricane Katrina
Atlantic Hurricane, natural disaster -
Oil Spill
Spill from the shore of Louisiana to the Gulf of Mexico -
Obama's Health Care
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Osama Bin Laden's Death
He was responsible for 9/11 attacks
