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vice president for George w. bush (2001-2009)

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Richard Cheney

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secretary of defense during 1st term and beginning of second term

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Donald Rumsfield

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Bush’s national sectreatry advisor

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Condoleezza Rice

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Former prime minitser of UK

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Tony Blair

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Former prime minster of Australia

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John Howard

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Leader of Taliban

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Mullah Omar

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Seriously disturbed dear leader of North Korea

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Kim Jong Li

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Vice president candidate for Republican Party in 2008 for John McCain

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Sarah Palin

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Obamas attorney general

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Eric Holder

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Current leader of North Korea

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Kim Jonh Un

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President of Russia

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Vladimar Putin

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Current speaker of the house from Ohio

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John Boechener

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Current brand new member of the senate

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Mitch McConnell

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terrorist organization responsible for 9/11

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Al Qaeda

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organization that took over government in Afghanistan

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Taliban

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respiratory disease attacking farm animals and can be contracted to human beings

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anthrax

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weapons of mass destruction

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biochemical/nuclear weapons

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law permitting factories to sell credit that permits an amount of pollution to companies that emit more

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cap and trade

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process in which fluids are pumped under high pressure to reach extract oil from shale

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hydraulic fracturing

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temporary increase of troop levels in spring 2007

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surge

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spending measures added to apporations bill for benefit of single state or congressional district

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filibuster

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terrorist organization that wishes to spread Islam across the world and kill all who disagree

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ISIS

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detention center for terrorists

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Guantanamo Bay

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Hit New Orleans in 2005

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Katrina

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hit most of New Jersey; happened during the week before Obama’s reelection for 2nd term

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Sandy

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George W. Bush’s domestic policy initiatives (7)

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  • tax cuts
  • faith-based initiatives
  • ANWR & offshore oil drilling
  • No Child Left Behind
  • vouchers for private school
  • prescription drug plan for medicare
  • “immigration reform”- amnesty
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Hemisphere nations Bush’s foreign policy initiatives (4)

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  • bring War on Terror to the enemy
  • stop Saddam from producing biochem & nuke weapons
  • prevent North Korea & Iran from developing nukes
  • free trade with West
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Approximate number of innocent people killed on 9/11

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• 3,000

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Contents of UN Security Council Resolution #1441

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• you must hand over or destroy any weapons of mass destruction that you have or you will face the use of force

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Countries that contributed troops to the U.S.-led coalition against Iraq (10)

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  • Australia
  • Britain
  • Italy
  • Japan
  • The Netherlands
  • New Zealand
  • Poland
  • South Korea
  • Spain
  • Ukraine
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Locations of terrorist attacks on 11 March 2004 and 7 July 2005; details
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  • 11 March 2004: Madrid- bombs exploded near trains because they wanted to scare people into not voting for governor who helped us
  • 7 July 2005 : London- bombs went off underground and on a bus where many people died to intimidate them
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Categories whose members may be considered victims of “hate crimes” (8)

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  • gender
  • gender identity
  • sexual orientation
  • race
  • religion
  • national origin
  • age
  • disability
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Barack Obama’s foreign policy initiatives (8)

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  • continue the war in Afghanistan
  • bringing home troops home from Iraq
  • close detention center in Guantanamo
  • negotiate with Iran & “moderate elements” of the Taliban
  • “reach out” to Islamic nations
  • “mend fences” with Europeans
  • arms control talks with Russia
  • improve relations with Cuba & Venezuela
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Location of attempted terrorist bombing on 1 May 2010; perpetrators?

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  • Times Square

* Pakistani American

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Location of the killing of Osama Bin Laden; by whom was it accomplished?

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• Abbottabab by Pakistan Naval Seals

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Obama’s domestic policy goals (5)

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  • government takeover of health insurance industry
  • tax increases
  • end voucher system in D.C.
  • renewable energy sources (wind, solar)
  • regulate as pollutants- CO2 & Dust
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Controversial decision made by the Justice Department in 2009

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will not pursue violation of civil rights cases if victim is white

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Obamacare Examples of Obama’s defiance of Congress, the courts, and the Constitution

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  • defiance of court-ordered end to moratorium on Gul oil-drilling
  • making recess appts. when Congress not in recess
  • non-enforcement of fed immigration law
  • executive orders which exceed his authority under Constitution
  • suspension of requirement that folks on unemployment must look for work
  • repeated changes to provisions of Obamacare
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Energy independance for US -possible?

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Yes; enough oil deposits

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Current national debt; projected debt in 2025

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18.5 trillion and 26.3 trillion

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Main difference between conservatives and liberals

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liberals- huge gov.

conservatives- small and limited gov.

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