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Sierra Club
one of the oldest, largest, and most influential grassroots environmental organizations in the United States. -
Greenpeace
a non-governmental environmental organization with offices in over forty countries and with an international coordinating body in Amsterdam, the Netherlands -
Saddam Hussein
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 -
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Collapse of Soviet Union
When the Soviet union desintigrated into fifteen different countries. -
Bill Clinton
the first Democratic president since Franklin D. Roosevelt to win a second full term -
George H. W. Bush
an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States. A Republican, he had previously served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States, a congressman, an ambassador and Director of Central Intelligence -
World Trade Organization
an organization that intends to supervise and liberalize international trade -
Kyoto Protocol
rejected by U.S. senators due to the fact that it could undermine the U.S. governments authority -
International Criminal Court
is a permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression -
9/11
Focused the U.S. foreign policy in the 21st Century to that of combating terrorism -
Osama Bin Laden
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. -
USA PATRIOT Act
is an Act of the U.S. Congress that was signed into law by President George W. Bush on October 26, 2001. The title of the act is a ten letter acronym (USA PATRIOT) that stands for Uniting (and) Strengthening America (by) Providing Appropriate Tools Required (to) Intercept (and) Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001. -
Donald 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. He is both the youngest and the oldest person to have served as Secretary of Defense. -
Hurricane Katrina
the deadliest and most destructive Atlantic hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. -
George W. Bush
an American politician and businessman who was the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009 -
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2008
commonly referred to as the Stimulus or The Recovery Act, was an economic stimulus package enacted by the 111th United States Congress -
Third-Party Candidates
can sometimes spoil an election by causing a mainline party candidate to lose by taking away votes -
Hilary Clinton
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. -
Sonia Sotomayor
the Supreme Court's 111th justice, its first Hispanic justice, and its third female justice.
