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US PRESIDENTS

US PRESIDENTS. Bush Clinton Bush Obama Trump. GEORGE H. W. BUSH 1989-1993. Economic problems due to high budget deficit Recession and job loss by 1992 Savings and Loan Scandal Due to misuse of funds Bailed out by tax money Supreme Court appointments (2) David Souter, 1990

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US PRESIDENTS

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  1. US PRESIDENTS BushClintonBushObama Trump

  2. GEORGE H. W. BUSH1989-1993 • Economic problems due to high budget deficit • Recession and job loss by 1992 • Savings and Loan Scandal • Due to misuse of funds • Bailed out by tax money • Supreme Court appointments (2) • David Souter, 1990 • Clarence Thomas, 1991 • American with Disabilities Act (ADA) • Illegal to discriminate based in disabilities

  3. Foreign Policy • Cold War ended in 1991 • Invasion of Panama – due to drug issues • Noriega brought to US for trial • Persian Gulf War, 1991 • Operation Desert Storm • Bosnia • Milosevic carried out ethnic cleansing • Bosnia Serbs targeted by non-Serbs

  4. Bosnia • Recognized as independent state in 1992 • Muslim majority/Serb (Christian) minority at 32% • Milosevic (leader of Serbia) • Invades to protect Serbs • Begins ethnic cleansing No real response outside of comdenation from US or UN

  5. WILLIAM CLINTON1993-2001 • Health Care Reform proposed – failed • Economic Prosperity – longest period of economic growth in the history of the US • Madeleine Albright – Sec. of State • Impeachment, Dec. 1998 - acquitted

  6. Foreign Policy • Middle East – Israeli/Palestinian talks • Bosnia – Part of NATO massive bombing targeting Serbian artillery • Kosovo – part of Milosevic ethnic cleansing. NATO/US response • Haiti – US troops acted to restore government • Global Economy • NAFTA • EU • WTO

  7. GEORGE W. BUSH • Economic recession – by 2008, worst since the Great Depression • No Child Left Behind • Violence in schools – gun debate • Immigration issues – illegal immigration • Social Security proposals

  8. Foreign Policy • Sept. 11 • Middle East – no solutions • War in Iraq – Operation Iraqi Freedom • Afghanistan – Taliban • North Korea • Iran – Nuclear weapons threat • Africa – AIDS; Darfur

  9. BARRACK OBAMA2009-2017 • Economic bailouts • Health care reform • Infrastructure repair • Illegal immigration • Social Security/Medicare

  10. Foreign Policy • Iraq • Afghanistan • Middle East • North Korea

  11. DONALD TRUMP2017 -

  12. How has the Presidency changed from the time of Washington?

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