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Weapons of mass destruction |
Refers to weapons - nuclear, biological, and chemical - that can kill large numbers of people and do great damage to the built and natural environment. The term was used to refer to nuclear weapons during the Cold War. The Bush administration's claim that Saddam Hussein had developed WMD provided the rationale for the United States's invasion of Iraq in 2003. These weapons were never found after the invasion. |
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Democratic Leadership Council |
Non-profit organization of centrist Democrats founded in the mid-1980s. The group attempted to push the Democratic Party toward pro-growth, strong defense, and anti crime policies. Among its most influential early members was Bill Clinton, whom it held up as an example of "third way" politics. |
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Don't Ask, Don't Tell |
From 1993 to 2010, the policy affecting homosexuals in the military. It emerged as a compromise between the standing prohibition against homosexuals in the armed forces and President Clinton's push to allow all citizens to serve regardless of sexual orientation. Military authorities were forbidden to ask about a service member's orientation, and gay service personnel could be discharged if they publicly revealed their homosexuality. At President Obama's urging, Congress repealed DADT in 2010, permitting gays to serve openly in uniform. |
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Oklahoma City bombing |
Truck-bombing explosion that killed 168 people in a federal office building on April 19, 1995. The attack was perpetrated by right-wing and anti-government militant Timothy McVeigh, later executed by the U.S. government for the crime. |
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Contract with America |
Multi-point program offered by Republican candidates and sitting politicians in the 1994 midterm election. The platform proposed smaller government, Congressional ethics reform, term limits, great emphasis on personal responsibility, and a general repudiation of the Democratic Party. This articulation of dissent was a significant blow to the Clinton Administration and led to the Republican party's takeover of both houses in Congress for the first time in half a century. |
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Welfare Reform Bill |
Legislation that made deep cuts in welfare grants and required able-bodied welfare recipients to find employment. Part of Bill Clinton's campaign platform in 1992, the reforms were widely seen by liberals as an abandonment of key New Deal/Great Society provisions to care for the impoverished. |
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North American Free Trade Organization |
Free trade zone encompassing Mexico, Canada, and the United States. A symbol of the increased reality of a globalized market place, the treaty passed despite opposition from protectionists and labor leaders. |
