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What was Watergate?

2. Daily Quote &Question (DQ ). 2. “ WE WILL NOT TIRE; WE WILL NOT FALTER; AND WE WILL NOT FAIL –George W Bush (after 9/11). “. SONG FOR THE DAY: WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THE WORLD STOPPED TURNING?. What was Watergate?. Daily Comment & Card.

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What was Watergate?

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  1. 2 Daily Quote &Question (DQ) 2 “WE WILL NOT TIRE; WE WILL NOT FALTER; AND WE WILL NOT FAIL –George W Bush (after 9/11) “ SONG FOR THE DAY: WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THE WORLD STOPPED TURNING? What was Watergate?

  2. Daily Comment & Card “WE WILL NOT TIRE; WE WILL NOT FALTER; AND WE WILL NOT FAIL…” –George W Bush (after 9/11) 9/11/2001 1991 SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 PERSIAN GULF WAR -Saddam Hussein, dictator and leader of Iraq, invaded Kuwait on August 2, 1990 -American interests (including oil) were threatened -After Iraq failed to meet the deadline for peaceful withdraw, the US launched Operation Desert Storm led by General Norman Schwarzkopf -Air strikes were followed by a ground war that last about 100 hours -Saddam was left in power when the war ended, which led to a second war -Day of attacks by terrorist cells connected to Al Qaeda, led by Osama bin Laden -two airliners were hijacked and crashed into New York’s World Trade Center, destroying the buildings and killing thousands -Another hijacked plane hit the Pentagon in Washington DC -A final hijacked plane crashed in Pennsylvania when the passengers rebelled -It resulted in the Patriot Act which gave government more authority to gather intelligence and defined crimes punishable as terrorism -Led to the invasion of Afghanistan SONG FOR THE DAY: WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THE WORLD STOPPED TURNING

  3. “WE WILL NOT TIRE; WE WILL NOT FALTER; AND WE WILL NOT FAIL…” –George W Bush (after 9/11) Daily Comment & Card 1991 PERSIAN GULF WAR -Saddam Hussein, dictator and leader of Iraq, invaded Kuwait on August 2, 1990 -American interests (including oil) were threatened -After Iraq failed to meet the deadline for peaceful withdraw, the US launched Operation Desert Storm led by General Norman Schwarzkopf -Air strikes were followed by a ground war that last about 100 hours -Saddam was left in power when the war ended, which led to a second war SONG FOR THE DAY: WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THE WORLD STOPPED TURNING

  4. “WE WILL NOT TIRE; WE WILL NOT FALTER; AND WE WILL NOT FAIL…” –George W Bush (after 9/11) Daily Comment & Card 9/11/2001 SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 -Day of attacks by terrorist cells connected to Al Qaeda, led by Osama bin Laden -two airliners were hijacked and crashed into New York’s World Trade Center, destroying the buildings and killing thousands -Another hijacked plane hit the Pentagon in Washington DC -A final hijacked plane crashed in Pennsylvania when the passengers rebelled -It resulted in the Patriot Act which gave government more authority to gather intelligence and defined crimes punishable as terrorism -Lewd to the invasion of Afghanistan SONG FOR THE DAY: THE ANGRY AMERICAN (COURTESY OF THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE)

  5. GEORGE BUSH -REAGAN’S VP, HE WON IN 1988 -HE PROMISED TO CONTINUE REAGAN’S POLICIES WITH GREATER COMPASSION FOR THE HOMELESS AND THE POOR AND PROMISED TO IMPROVE EDUCATION AND FIGHT DRUG USE. THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT OF 1990 WAS PASSED TO PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PEOPLE WITH DISABLITIES IN EMPLOYMENT AND IN PUBLIC ACCOMODATIONS.

  6. BUSH’ PRESIDENCY PROVED MORE SUCCSSSFUL IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS THAN DOMESTIC POLICY. -WE INVADED PANAMA IN 1989 TO OUST PANAMANIAN DICTATOR AND DRUG-DEALER MANUEL NORIEGA. (HE WAS CAPTURED AND BROUGHT TO THE U.S. WHERE HE WAS TRIED AND CONVICTED ON DRUG CHARGES. -THE COLD WAR OFFICIALLY ENDED. -BUSH ALSO BEGAN A HUMANITARIAN AIRLIFT OF FOOD AND SUPPLIES TO WAR-TORN SOMALIA IN NORTHEAST AFRICA. BUSH SENT IN TROOPS WHEN LOCAL WARLORDS AND BANDITS CONTINUED TO STEAL AND THREATEN FOOD SHIPMENTS

  7. GEORGE H.W. BUSH’ PRESIDENCY IS NOTED FOR THE FIRST GULF WAR… 2 AUGUST 1990, IRAQI PRESIDENT SADDAM HUSSEIN INVADED KUWAIT. BUSH USED THE UN TO SANCTION ACTION AND ASSEMBLED A COALITION OF 31 NATIONS. WE SENT MORE THAN 500,000 MEN; 1,800 AIRCRAFT; AND 100 SHIPS TO THE REGION.

  8. A DEADLINE OF 15 JANUARY WAS SET FOR IRAQ TO LEAVE KUWAIT. WHEN THE DEADLINE PASSED, OPERATION DESERT SHIELD BECAME OPERATION DESERT STORM. THE GROUND WAR BEGAN AT 8 PM ON 23 FEBRUARY 1991 AND LAST 100 HOURS BEFORE KUWAIT WAS LIBERATED. X

  9. LEADERS OF THE WAR: GENERAL NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF “STORMIN’ NORMAN” COMMANDER OF THE COMBINED FORCE GENERAL COLLIN POWELL CHAIRMAN OF JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF DESPITE THE VICTORY, THE ECONOMY KEPT BUSH FROM WINNING RE-ELECTION IN 1992…

  10. N A F T A -North is an agreement signed by the governments of the United States, Canada, and Mexico creating a “trade bloc” in North America. It came into law on 1 January 1994. It is why there are so many trucks traveling I-35… -American -Free -Trade -Agreement

  11. WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON -FIRST BABY BOOMER PRESIDENT WINS OVER BUSH AND 3RD PARTY CANDIDATE ROSS PEROT -APPOINTED FIRST FEMALE ATTORNEY GENERAL—JANET RENO -APPOINTED SECOND WOMAN TO SUPREME COURT— RUTH BADER GINZBURG RE-ELECTED IN 1996 (FIRST REPEAT DEM SINCE FDR) BILL

  12. IN THE ELECTION, CLINTON PROMISED TO REFORM HEALTH CARE AND ASKED HIS WIFE, HILLARY, TO HEAD A TASK FORCE. THE FAILURE TO PASS HEALTH CARE REFORM IN CONGESS WAS A MAJOR DEFEAT FOR THE PRESIDENT. IN 1994, NEWT GINGRICH (REPUBLICAN SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE) PROPOSED A PROGRAM OF CONSERVATIVE PRINCIPLES IN THE CONTRACT WITH AMERICA. HE ARGUED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WAS TOO LARGE AND NO LONGER RESPONSIVE TO THE PEOPLE. IT SOUGHT TO RESTORE THE BALANCE BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND THE CITIZENS.

  13. DURING SECOND TERM… SCANDAL! -FAILED REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT (WHITEWATER) FROM DAYS AS GOVERNOR OF ARKANSAS -PRIMARY COLORS(FICTIONAL ACCOUNT OF WOMANIZING MADE INTO MOVIE STARRING TRAVOLTA) -JAN 1998 ALLEGATIONS ABOUT CLINTON AND YOUNG INTERN MONICA LEWINSKY CAME OUT DURING A LAWSUIT BY PAULA JONES ACCUSING THE FORMER GOVERNOR OF SEXUAL HARASSEMENT…

  14. -ACCUSATIONS THAT CLINTON LIED ABOUT HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH LEWINSKY UNDER OATH EMERGED… SPECIAL PROSECUTER KENNETH STARR INVESTIGATED… AFTER CLAIMING INNOCENCE FOR 8 MONTHS, CLINTON ACKNOWLEDGED “AN INAPPROPRIATE RELATIONSHIP” HAD TAKEN PLACE… AN IMPEACHMENT TRIAL FOLLOWED (FIRST IN 130 YEARS) BUT THERE WERE NOT ENOUGH VOTES TO REACH 2/3 MAJORITY REQUIRED FOR CONVICTION… “I DID NOT HAVE SEX WITH THAT WOMAN…”

  15. When the end of the cold war brought renewed ethnic tensions in Yugoslavia (fighting between Muslim Bosnians and Christian Serbs), The Serbians attempted to eliminate Muslims in the area through “ethnic cleansing”. Clinton helped negotiate peace and arranged the use of NATO airstrikes against Serbia to stop attacks in Kosovo. GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) formed in 1947 to promote trade was replaced in 1994 by the World Trade Organization, an international organization that established rules for global trade and helps settle disputes. The formation of WTO accelerated globalization.

  16. THE AMERICAN DREAM—FOLLOWING TOQUEVILLE’S IDEAS OF INCREASED FREEDOM AND OPPORTUNITY IN AMERICA… BILL GATES—FOUNDER OF MICROSOFT. AMONG FIRST TO RECOGNIZED POTENTIAL OF PERSONAL COMPUTER. TODAY MICROSOFT’S SOFTWARE IS A PART OF NEARLY EVERY PERSONAL COMPUTER IN THE WORLD SAM WALTON—STARTED HIS OWN FIVE-AND-DIME STORE IN ARKANSAS IN 1962. HE CREATED A CHAIN OF STORES OFFERING A LARGE VARIETY OF PRODUCTS AT LOW PRICES. WALMART AND SAM’S CLUB HAVE GROWN TO BECOME THE WORLD’S LARGEST RETAILER. ESTEE LAUDER—A JEWISH NEW YORKER, SHE FOUNDED A COSMETICS COMPANY WITH HER HUSBAND, PIONEERING THE “GIVEAWAY PROMOTION.” MUCH OF HER EARLY SUCCESS WAS “WORD OF MOUTH” ADVERTISING, THEN SHE CHANGED TO BEAUTIFUL MODELS. ROBERT JOHNSON—FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN BILLIONARE FOUNDED BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TELEVISION. THIS BECAME THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN MANAGED COMPANY ON THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE. HE SOLD IT FOR $1.5 BILLION IN 1998 AND IN 2003 BECAME THE OWNER OF THE CHARLOTTE BOBCATS (NBA) LIONEL SOSA—IDENTIFIED THE POTENTIAL IN THE HISPANIC MARKET AS A TARGET FOR ADVERTISING AND POLITICS. HE FOUNDED THE LARGEST HISPANIC ADVERTISING AGENCY THE U.S.. HE MOTIVATED HISPANICS TO “COMPETE AND WIN.” HE HAS ALSO ADVISED SEVERAL REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTS AS A POLITICAL ADVISOR.

  17. GEORGE W. BUSH IN 2000, FORMER CLINTON VP AL GORE BATTLED TX GOVERNOR GEORGE W. BUSH. BUSH CHOSE FORMER SECRETARY OF DEFENCE DICK CHENEY AS HIS VP CANDIDATE. THE VOTE WAS SO CLOSE IN FLORIDA THAT A RECOUNT WAS REQUIRED BY LAW (JEB BUSH WAS GOV). BOTH REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATES CLAIMED VOTING IRREGULARITIES HAD OCCURRED. THE FINAL OUTCOME WAS DECIDED BY THE SUPREME COURT. BUSH WAS DECLARED THE WINNER.

  18. HE WAS ONLY THE 2ND SON OF A PRESIDENT TO WIN ELECTION. ALSO MAKING HISTORY WAS HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON WHO BECAME THE FIRST FIRST LADY TO RUN FOR OFFICE (SHE WON A U.S. SENATE SEAT FROM NEW YORK). JOHN QUINCY ADAMS WAS THE FIRST…

  19. THE MOST SERIOUS PROBLEMS OF HIS PRESIDENCY WERE… 9/11/2001 2ND GULF WAR Hurricane Katrina AND A DECLINING ECONOMY AS HE LEFT OFFICE…

  20. On September 11, 2001, Islamic Fundamentalist terrorist hijacked four U.S. airliners. Two were flown into the World Trade Center in New York City, one was flown into the Pentagon in Washington D.C., and one was crashed in Pennsylvania when passengers fought back. 3,000 people were killed, making this the worst attack in U.S. history. Osama Bin Laden and his organization, al-Qaeda took credit for the attacks. After the attacks, Bin Laden was hidden by the Taliban.

  21. Bush vowed to launch a global “War on Terror”. He also took steps to curb terrorism at home. A new federal agency the Transportation Security Agency (TSA) took over security at airports. All passengers and luggage were subject to thorough screening. He created a new Cabinet post, the Department of Homeland Security, and he sponsored the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 which greatly expanded the government’s law enforcement powers. Suspected terrorists capture in Afghanistan were sent to Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.

  22. When Sadam Hussein refused to allow U.N. inspectors to search Iraq for WMD’s, Bush issued a 48 hour deadline for Hussein to leave Iraq. When Hussein refused to leave, coalition forces took military action.

  23. BUSH’S SECOND TERM WITNESS THE ARRIVAL OF HURRICANE KATRINA. THIS HURRICANE LED TO THE EVACUATION AND FLOODING OF ALMOST 80% OF NEW ORLEANS AND OTHER PARTS OF THE GULF COAST. KATRINA BROUGHT THE HIGHEST STORM SURGE AND WAVES EVER RECORDED TO HIT NORTH AMERICA. ITS SURGE AND WAVES GREATLY EXCEEDED THE ENGINEERING DESIGN OF THE NEW ORLEANS LEVEES. IT WAS THE COSTLIEST HURRICANE ON RECORD. MORE THAN 1,800 PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES MAKING IT ONE OF THE DEADLIEST NATURAL DISASTERS IN AMERIAN HISTORY. ALMOST 20,000 PEOPLE WERE TRAPPED IN NEW ORLEANS’ SUPERDOME, CRAMMED TOGETHER IN SWEALTERING HEAT AND UNSANITARY CONDITIONS.

  24. IN 2008, BARACK OBAMA WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAN TO BE ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. OBAMA’S CAMPAING AGAINST JOHN McCAIN RECEIVED A TREMENDOUS BOOST WITH THE ENDORSEMENT OF OPRAH WINFREY (ONE OF THE WORLD’S WEALTHIEST WOMEN AND THE HIGHEST PAID ENTERTAINER IN THE WORLD)

  25. IN APRIL 2009, OBAMA AND CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS PASSED THE AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT. MORE THAN $700 BILLION WAS TO BE SPENT BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN A BAILOUT PACKAGE DESIGNED TO CREATE NEW JOBS, SAVE EXISTING ONES, PROMOTE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AND INVEST IN LONG-TERM INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT. OBAMA APPOINTED SONIA SOTOMAYOR TO THE SUPREME COURT, MAKING HER THE FIRST HISPANIC JUSTICE AND ONLY THE THIRD WOMAN ON THE COURT. ALSO PASSED…THE AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE ACT (KNOWN AS OBAMACARE)

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