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war in afghanistan (2001)
bin laden is dead!!
blog discussions:
nixon:
abortion was legalized
astronautss land on the moon- 1969
nixon approved the development of NASA's space shuttle program
traveled to china to have direct talks with mao zedong and chou en-lai which eased relations with the US and china and china was recognized as the official china
went to moscow in 1972
SALT l was signed, limiting nuclear weapons
anti-ballistic missle treaty was signed to ban the development of systems designed to intercept incoming missiles
led to a new era of "peaceful co-existenc" and detente with the USSR
supported isreal in the yom kippur war (1973) where isreal was attacked by egypt and syria
support of isreal led to the 1973 oil crisis where OPEC countries did not trade oil with the US as a result
watergate- office business complex in DC- 5 men broke into the building to find dirt on the democratic party
at first it was a minor break in
2 men kept stressing that this was a bigger deal than what they think
it was found out that nixon gave money to some guys
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