DrFever
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heres a look at the crooks that america let get away Nixon, Richard M.Richard Milhous Nixon (1913-1994) was the 37th president of the United States. Nixon was born on January 9, 1913, in Yorba Linda, California. He served almost two terms as president (1969-1974). Nixon was the first president to visit China (In 1972); this began a process of developing crucial diplomatic ties with the Chinese communist regime. He also strengthened ties with the Soviet communist regime (early in his pre-presidential career, Nixon had gained popularity by accusing many Americans of being communists). In 1972 Nixon was re-elected by a landslide (beating George McGovern). First escalating the unpopular Vietnam War, Nixon later ended the US involvement in it. In 1974, the Watergate scandal was exposed (Nixon had ordered illegal election campaign activities to help his re-election). In 1974, Congress began the process the impeachment process, but instead, on August 9, 1974, Nixon became the first president to resign from office. Vice-President Gerald Ford then became president. Ford, GeraldGerald R. Ford (1913- 2006) was the 38th president of the United States. Ford was born on July 14, 1913 in Omaha, Nebraska, and grew up in Michigan. Ford is the only president who wasn't elected to the office of President or Vice-President (he served as President from 1974 to 1977). When Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned (after being involved in a scandal), Ford took his place. When Richard Nixon resigned the presidency (after the Watergate scandal), Ford became president. A month later, Ford pardoned Nixon for any crimes he might have committed while in office; many Americans were upset over this decision, but Ford wanted to help the country recover from the trauma of Nixon's Watergate scandal. Ford lost the 1976 presidential election to Jimmy Carter. Carter, JimmyJames (Jimmy) Earl Carter, Jr. (1924- ) was the 39th president of the United States, serving from 1977 to 1981. Carter was born on October 1, 1924, in Plains, Georgia. Carter's achievements included creating a new Department of Energy, and negotiating the 1979 Camp David Agreement. Sixty-three Americans were taken hostage in Iran during Carter's term; this crisis together with stagflation (rising prices with stagnant wages), his boycotting the Olympics, and the gas crisis made Carter's popularity decline. Carter ran for president again in 1980, but Ronald Reagan was elected. Reagan, Ronald WilsonRonald Reagan was the 40th president of the United States of America (from 1981 to 1989); his Vice-President was George H. W. Bush. During Reagan's two terms as US President, the American hostages in Iran were freed, communism in the Soviet Union fell (this was symbolized by the eventual fall of the Berlin Wall separating communist East Berlin and democratic West Berlin), and US taxes were lowered. Bush, George H. W. George Herbert Walker Bush (June 12, 1924 - ) was the 41st President of the United States of America. Bush was born on June 12, 1924, in Milton, Massachusetts, but spent much of his early life in Greenwich, Connecticut. He was President from 1989 until 1993; he lost his re-election bid to William (Bill) Clinton. Bush's Vice-President was James Danforth (Dan) Quayle. Clinton, William J.William (Bill) Jefferson Clinton (1946- ) was the 42nd President of the United States. William Jefferson Blythe IV was born on August 19, 1946, in Hope, Arkansas. Bill was born three months after his natural father died in a car accident; his mother wed Roger Clinton when Bill was four years old. Clinton served during a time of peace and prosperity. Clinton was the first Democratic president since Franklin D. Roosevelt to serve as president for two full terms (Clinton served from 1993 to 2001). In 1998 a scandal resulted in Clinton being the second president to be impeached by the House of Representatives; the Senate found him not guilty, and Clinton finished his second term. Clinton's Vice-President was Albert (Al) Gore, Jr. Bush, George W. George Walker Bush (July 6, 1946 - ) was the 43rd President of the United States of America. He became President on January 20, 2001. His Vice-President was Richard Cheney. George W. Bush was born in New Haven, Connecticut, but grew up in Texas. Before becoming President, Bush served as Governor of Texas. His father, George Herbert Walker Bush, was the 41st president. Obama, BarackBarack Obama (born August 4, 1961) is the 44th President of the United States of America. He was elected President on November 4, 2008 (as a Democrat), and was inaugurated on January 20, 2009. His Vice-President is Joseph Biden. Barack Obama is the first African-American president of the USA. Obama was born in Hawaii. His father, also called Barack Obama, was from Kogelo, Kenya, Africa; his mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, was from Kansas, USA. Obama graduated from Columbia University (1983), then worked as a community organizer in Chicago, Illinois. He graduated from Harvard Law School (1991) and was the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review. Michelle Robinson and Obama married in 1992; they have 2 daughters. He was elected to the Illinois State Senate in 1996, 1998, and 2002 (he lost in 2000). Obama was elected to the US Senate in 2004 (Dem-IL). Barack has written two books, Dreams from My Father (1995) and The Audacity of Hope (2006). Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize in October, 2009.
