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• Persian Gulf War: The US entered the war to liberate Kuwait from Iraq. Used Operation Desert Storm to remove Iraqi forces from Kuwait in 100 hours. 
• "New World Order" was declared following success in Iraq, established America's increasingly interventionist policy in foreign affairs (use military to advance economic interests)
• Decreased Approval ratings and the election of 1992: Promised no new taxes his whole presidency, lost approval rating and the election of 1992 to Clinton. Had a 90% approval rating, but new taxes cut approval. 
• Previous experience: Reagan's VP for 2 terms, Director of the CIA, UN Ambassador, and envoy to China
• Waco, Texas bombing- federal agents vs fundamentalists known as Branch Davidians. Ended with the death of many sect members and destruction of their compounds 

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• NAFTA: The North American Free Trade agreement established between US, Mexico, and Canada. Reduced trade barriers between North America . Largest free trade zone in the world. 
• Monica Lewinsky Scandal: Clinton had innappropriate sexual relations with his secretary and lied about it, impeached for perjury and obstruction of justice, but acquitted  and not removed from office. 
• Healthcare Reform: under Hillary Clinton
• OK City bombings: Truck-bomb explosion that killed 168 people in a federal office building on April 19, 1995. The attack was perpetrated by anti-government militant Timothy McVeigh
• World Trade center bombing (93): A bomb was set off in the parking garage of the World Trade center in 1993
• Don't ask don't tell

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• No Child Left Behind: Education policy meant to fix a broken public education system; linked federal money to state action requiring states to have high standards for all students; evaluation of progress was through standardized testing
• Bush v. Gore: The Supreme Court Case that settled the election of 2000, stopped the recount and the votes and awarded the presidency to Bush. 
• al-Qaeda and 9/11: Terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001 by al-Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden. 
• "Axis of Evil": North Korea, Iraq, Iran
• New department created: Homeland Security
• Patriot Act: allowed wiretaps and records searches without court orders of potential terrorists, following 9/11. 

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