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Sierra Club
The Sierra Club is one of the oldest, largest, and most influential grassroots environmental organizations in the United States -
Greenpeace
Nongoverment org. designed to bring to light earth related issues such as global warming and ending things that cause greenhouse gasses and polution -
Osama bin Laden
LEader and founder of Al queada -
George H. W. Bush
President during end of Cold War, start of Gulf War. Helped economically by bailing out banks with federal loans. Helped politaclly by talking to communist governments and opening them up to trade and free elections -
Saddam Hussein
Once the an US unspoken allie. Turned enemy when tried to over take saudia arabia -
Collapse of Soviet Union
Opened self up to trade ended Cold War. ended USSR -
Hilary Clinton
US secatary of state, New York Senator, First lady of the US president -
Bill Clinton
Impeached for having sexual relations with intern. never convincted. -
WTO World Trade Organization
The World Trade Organization (WTO) deals with the global rules of trade between nations. Its main function is to ensure that trade flows as smoothly, predictably and freely as possible. -
Kyoto Protocol
Binding contract from UN to lower emmssions and green house gasses -
George W Bush
Challenging His Party On Harmful Ag Subsidies While Pushing Free Trade. Decapitating Al Qaeda's Top Leadership And Not Having a 2nd 9/11. Turning Independent-Minded India Into a Strategic Allie. Preventing a Nuclear War Between India and Pakistan. Boosting Aid to Africa Threefold -
September 11
Worst attack on US grounds since peral harbor. Two planes truck the World Trade centers in New York City, one plane hit the Pentagon, one outside of PA. Made US change foreign policy -
USA PATRIOT Act
Made to fight terrorism. gave the right for government to search withouth a warrent if believed to be involved with terrorist organizations -
Innternational Criminal Court
Gained respect and recongiztion from other countries cause theyd be following everyones law. Our soliders and Generals were open to war crimes that they would not be tried in our legal system -
Hurricane Katrina
1833 people died. Catagory five hurricane. destroyed city of new orlenes due to levys breaking and floodin the city. most destructive atlantic hurricane -
Donald Rumsfield
secertary of defense, two terms, senator of illnois one term, resigned for secarty of defense nov. 6th 2006 -
American recovery and revisement ACT of 2008
Thought to help the fical cliff during ression in 2008. such as creating new jobs and saying exsisting ones. Give bail outs and tax cuts -
Sonya Sotomayor
First hispanic woman to serve on supreme cout -
Third Party Candidates
Thought to spoil election because takes away from main canidates.
