9-11
- Osama Bin Labinhttps://mrbruns.ning.com/profiles/blog/new
- 4 planes
- 2 hit the World Trade Centers
- 1 hit the pentagon
- 1landed in a field
- we then went to war with Afghanistan
- higher airport security
- Patriot Act-more power to listen into conversations
- terrorist
War in Afghanistan:
- October 2001
- helped rebuild it
- helped set up democracy
- we are still there
- wanna be out by 2014
War in Iraq:
- 2003
- believed that had nuclear weapons
- captured Saddam hiding in a hole
- he was hung
- in 2006 we sent more troops
- 20,000 more
- violence went down
- the war ended in 2011
- since we left attacks have gone up 50%
Bush tax cuts:
- passed after 3 straight years if budget surpluses
No child left behind:
- aimed to measure a close gap between rich and poor student performance
- provide options to parents
Barack Obama:
- Born in Hawaii
- very smart in high school
- went to college in LA and Columbia
- lived in Chicago to be an organizer for low income families
- helped with Clinton's campaign
- wrote a book
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