by a major political party for President of the United States. Nov 4th - Barack Obama becomes the first African-American to be elected President of the United States *Dec 14th - President George W. Bush made his fourth and final (planned) trip to Iraq as president and almost got struck by two shoes thrown at him by Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi during a farewell conference in Baghdad. *http://www.historyorb.com/events/date/2008 2009 Political Events *Feb 1st - Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
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“Reagan Revolution through President Obama” Contemporary US History December 10‚ 2012 “Reagan Revolution through President Obama” Ronald Wilson Reagan was the fortieth president of the United States of America. He was well known for his economic policies during his first term‚ which later on became well known as Reaganomics. This policy included large tax cuts which was started and implemented in 1981 Reaganomics ’ was told to rejuvenate the morale of the American
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introduce a tax rises at the year 2002. This had affect on some of the citizens of UK with less inbound tourism and outbound tourism with the taxation. Moreover‚ with the Iraq war happening at 2003‚ this greatly brings a huge impact to the tourism industry of UK. The government has spent around 7.4 billion pound on the Iraq war. The rises on year 2006 were because of the grand opening of the Emirates stadiums which brings in a lot of footballs fans to the country. The international friendly matches
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The Decline Of the United States as the Worlds Only Super Power The United States has experienced a steady decline as the world’s only super power‚ and this steady decline will continue until the United States is no longer the world’s hegemonic state. There are a number of factors that directly influence this decrease in power from the United States on the world stage including: a struggle to sustain economic hegemony
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objectives. Barack Obama focuses on common security‚ common humanity‚ and having justice and freedom in the world. Barack Obama plans to renew America’s security and standing in the world through a new period of American leadership. He plans to end the war in Iraq‚ secure nuclear weapons and free nuclear materials from terrorists‚ end the
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The Economic Crisis in America The Road Of Despair Abstract We are going through a crisis that is sweeping the nation and affecting our people greatly. I will be discussing terrorist attacks; the war in Iraq‚ the falling housing market‚ government’s bailing out program‚ unemployment and the natural disasters which have played a key role in the direction our country has taken in the twenty first century. I will provide in-depth examples on how each event
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THE ARMY RESTRUCTURING PLAN 2 Abstract The U.S. Army plans on cutting 80‚000 soldiers by 2013. This will be done by cutting the number of combat brigades from 45 to as low as 32. This restructuring comes as the Pentagon works on its 2013 fiscal year budget‚ which much reflect $260 billion in savings over the next five years. On January 26‚ 2012 senior DOD leaders released a new defense strategy‚
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be able to defend the country they live in. Women generally make up about 14 percent of the armed services. Of the roughly 2.2 million troops who’ve served in Iraq and Afghanistan‚ more than 255‚000 have been women‚ said Pentagon spokeswoman Eileen Lainez. Pentagon figures show that as of Jan. 3‚ 110 women had been killed in the war in Iraq compared with about 4‚300 men. In the Afghan campaign‚ 24 women have been killed compared with more than 1‚400 men. French‚ German‚ Danish‚ and Canadian women
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April 17‚ 2013‚ from A&E Bio Network website: http://www.biography.com/people/condoleezza-rice-9456857?page=1 Bannon‚ B. (2011‚ November 4). Condoleezza Rice should have quit over Iraq ar. US News. Retrieved from http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/brad-bannon/2011/11/04/condoleezza-rice-should-have-quit-over-iraq-war CNN. (2004). Smart‚ savvy‚ strong-willed Rice charts her own course [Newsgroup post]. Retrieved from CNN website: http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/people/shows/rice/profile.html Forbes
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How does ‘Lyndiee England at Abu Ghraib’ help us to understand why good people to bad things? Lyndiee‚ before being posted in Iraq‚ was an innocent soldier or a ‘good person’. However‚ when she tortured the prisoners in Abu Ghraib to the extent the actions were deemed to be an example of dehumanisation‚ she was labelled a bad person by society. When I watched the video I became aware that she was still a good person but she had just done bad things because of the situation she was in and
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