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A strong supporter of NATO when it was established in 1949, he appointed General Eisenhower as supreme commander of NATO forces.
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Harry S. Truman
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Presided over the longest period of peacetime economic expansion in American history and was the first President of the Baby Boomer generation.
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Bill Clinton
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Only President born in Connecticut.
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George W. Bush
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In response to the Soviet Union’s Sputnik launch in 1957, created the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), although he later suffered buyer’s remorse.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Was the target of two assassination attempts in 1975.
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Gerald Ford
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The 44th President of the United States (2009-2017).
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Barack Obama
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Signed a major tax cut program, the inaccurately named Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, and the Medicare Modernization Act (which created Medicare Part D); was criticized for his handling of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina; and led the country into the Great Recession.
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George W. Bush
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Ordered the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan with the goals of overthrowing the Taliban, capturing Osama bin Laden, and destroying al-Qaeda. Based on faulty intelligence, ordered the 2003 invasion of Iraq, which was alleged to have been stockpiling weapons of mass destruction. Launched the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief to battle AIDS globally.
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George W. Bush
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His Executive Order 10924 established the Peace Corps as part of his plan to keep communism out of recently decolonized developing nations.
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John F. Kennedy
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The 41st President of the United States (1989-1993).
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George H. W. Bush
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Created the Environmental Protection Agency (1970) and signed the Endangered Species Act (1973) and amendments to the Clean Air Act (1970).
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Richard M. Nixon
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Only President born in Missouri.
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Harry S. Truman
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The 43rd President of the United States (2001-2009).
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George W. Bush
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After campaigning on eliminating the national debt, he added $8.4 trillion to it in a single term, also substantially increasing the deficit with large tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy that weren’t offset by cuts in spending.
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Donald Trump
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Had a sign on his desk that read, “The buck stops here.”
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Harry S. Truman
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Played a key role in the reunification of Germany and presided over an invasion of Panama and over the Gulf War, ending Iraqi occupation of Kuwait.
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George H. W. Bush
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Ordered U.S. military intervention in Bosnia and Kosovo, called for the expansion of NATO in Eastern Europe, and facilitated the Israeli-Palestinian and Northern Ireland peace processes.
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Bill Clinton
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Only President born in Iowa.
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Herbert Hoover
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Only President born in Illinois.
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Ronald Reagan
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His support of Israel in the Yom Kippur War led to an oil embargo by the Arab OPEC nations and gasoline shortages and rationing in the U.S. in 1973.
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Richard M. Nixon
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