Lecture 4 (3)

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As the 1992, elections approached President Bush focused his attention more on domestic issues and problems such as economic recession, unemployment, crime, education and health care. In 1992 Bush lost his bid for reelection to Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton, who became the 42 nd President and who stayed in the White House for two terms Though he made a lot for the prosperity of the USA, his name is connected with a great scandal concerning his private life.

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As the 1992, elections approached President Bush focused his attention more on domestic issues and problems such as economic recession, unemployment, crime, education and health care. In 1992 Bush lost his bid for reelection to Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton, who became the 42nd President and who stayed in the White House for two terms Though he made a lot for the prosperity of the USA, his name is connected with a great scandal concerning his private life.

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George Walker Bush served as the 43rd President of the USA from2001 to 2009. He is the eldest son of President George Bush who was the 41st President. Bush is the second president to have been the son of a former President. (The first was John Quincy Adams)

Eight month into his first term as President, the September, 11, 2001 terrorist attack occurred. In response, Bush announced the War on Terror, an international military campaign which included the war in Afghanistan (2001) and the war in Iraq (2003).

Though Bush was popular with the USA during his first term, his popularity declined sharply during the second term.

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Barack Hussein Obama II became the 44th President of the USA. He is the first African American President. He was named the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. He was re-elected in November 2012.