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Parent topics

• U.S. Republican Party [r]: One of two major contemporary political parties in the United States; center-right; the elephant is its symbol [e]
• United States of America [r]: A country of North America, north of Mexico, south of Canada. [e]
• American conservatism [r]: A diverse mix of political ideologies in opposition to liberalism, socialism, secularism and communism. [e]
  • Compassionate conservatism [r]: Add brief definition or description
  • Neoconservatism [r]: A political philosophy and ideology which combines many traditional conservative opinions with an emphasis on the importance of foriegn policy and using American power to push democracy forward. [e]

Subtopics

Advisers

• Laura Bush [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Dick Cheney [r]: (1941–) U.S. Vice President in the George W. Bush Administration and formerly head of Halliburton; currently a political commentator [e]
• Alberto Gonzales [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Condoleeza Rice [r]: Academic political scientist, then Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and U.S. Secretary of State in the George W. Bush Administration [e]
• Karl Rove [r]: Add brief definition or description

Legal procedure

• Enemy combatant [r]: The term used by the George W. Bush Administration for individuals it considered ineligible for prisoner of war status rather than "unlawful combatant", the term of the Third Geneva Convention; language explicitly rejected by the Obama Administration [e]
• Office of Legal Counsel [r]: Within the U.S. Department of Justice, the office that gives legal opinions on complex interagency and constitutional matters to the rest of the Executive Branch, including the Counsel to the President and the Attorney General [e]
• Signing statements [r]: Add brief definition or description

Security

• 9/11 Attack [r]: The largest terrorist attack on the continental United States, occurring on September 11, 2001, using hijacked airliners as suicide weapons against major buildings [e]
• U.S. Department of Homeland Security [r]: An executive (cabinet-level) department of the United States government whose primary mission is to protect the security of the nation. [e]
• Afghanistan War (2001-) [r]: Beginning on October 7, 2001, in response to the 9-11 attacks, military operations against the Taliban and al-Qaeda by United States and NATO forces [e]
• National Security Strategy of the United States of America (2002) [r]: The key public document on national security strategy, issued by the George W. Bush Administration between the 9-11 Attack and the Iraq War [e]
  • Preventive war [r]: A doctrine in which an actor uses military force on an opponent who is not believed to be preparing an attack on the actor using prevention, but whose activities, such as taking control of territory or building weapons of mass destruction pose a long-term threat to the critical interests of the actor. The attack may signal the start of a war, or be a strategic move within an existing war. [e]
• Extraordinary rendition, U.S., George W. Bush Administration [r]: Policy, legal interpretation and examples, under the George W. Bush Administration, of extraordinary rendition, U.S., primarily related to the Administration's war on terror [e]
• Extrajudicial detention, U.S., George W. Bush Administration [r]: Policies and practices relevant to detention in intelligence and military facilities, the latter when no prisoner of war status was granted [e]
• Intelligence interrogation, U.S., George W. Bush Administration [r]: The policies and practices authorized for interrogation of suspected terrorists by the United States Department of Defense and the United States intelligence community during the George W. Bush Administration [e]
• Iraq War [r]: Invasion of Iraq by a coalition of countries, led by the United States, in 2003, and subsequent occupation [e]

Natural disasters

• Michael Chertoff [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Hurricane Katrina [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Hurricane Rita [r]: Add brief definition or description

Courts

• Samuel Alito [r]: Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, nominated by President George W. Bush and confirmed in 2006. [e]
• Harriet Miers [r]: Add brief definition or description
• John Roberts [r]: The seventeenth and current Chief Justice of the United States [e]

Other related topics

• Clear Skies Act 2003 [r]: Add brief definition or description
• David Frum [r]: An American conservative author and commentator, who advocates renewal of the conservative movement and U.S. Republican Party, and has written in favor of an aggressive policy against terror, including preventive war; Resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute [e]
• State Children's Health Insurance Program [r]: (abbr. SCHIP) United States Department of Health and Human Services program that provides funding for healthcare to families with children. It is designed to cover more children than are covered by Medicaid. It was passed in 1997 and was originally championed by Senator Ted Kennedy. President George W. Bush's administration prevented expansion of the program. In February 2009, President Barack Obama extended the program to cover an additional 4 million children and pregnant women. [e]

List of Presidents

1. George Washington [r]: First President of the United States (1789-1797) and commander in chief of the Continental Army. [e]
2. John Adams [r]: (1735-1826) An American Founding Father, diplomat, and the second President of the United States from 1797-1801. [e]
3. Thomas Jefferson [r]: (1743-1826) Third President of the United States and author of the Declaration of Independence. [e]
4. James Madison [r]: (March 16, 1751 – June 28, 1836), An American politician, political theorist, Secretary of State, fourth President of the United States of America (1809–1817) and one of the most influential Founding Fathers of the United States. [e]
5. James Monroe [r]: (1758-1831) The fifth president of the United States (1817-1825), best known for sponsoring the Monroe Doctrine, and for presiding over a lessening of partisan tensions known as the "Era of Good Feelings." [e]
6. John Quincy Adams [r]: (1767-1848) was the sixth president of the United States (1825-1829), and the son of President John Adams (1797-1801). [e]
7. Andrew Jackson [r]: An American general who defeated the British at New Orleans in 1815 and was U.S. President from 1829-1837. [e]
8. Martin Van Buren [r]: (1782-1862) An American politician and President of the United States (1837-1841). [e]
9. William Henry Harrison [r]: (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841) was the first governor of Indiana Territory, a senator representing Ohio and the 9th President of the United States. [e]
10. John Tyler [r]: (March 29, 1790 – January 18, 1862) A United States politician and the tenth President of the United States (1841-1845). [e]
11. James K. Polk [r]: (1795–1849) Eleventh President of the U.S.A. [e]
12. Zachary Taylor [r]: (1784–1850) President of the United States from 1849 to 1850, led the U.S. army in the Mexican-American War. [e]
13. Millard Fillmore [r]: The thirteenth President of the United States following the death of President Zachary Taylor. [e]
14. Franklin Pierce [r]: (November 23, 1804 – October 8, 1869) The 14th President of the United States, serving from 1853 to 1857. [e]
15. James Buchanan [r]: Only U.S. President (15th), 1857-1861, that never married. Democratic Senator and Secretary of State under President James K. Polk. [e]
16. Abraham Lincoln [r]: (1809-65) Born in Illinois, President of the United States during the American Civil War. [e]
17. Andrew Johnson [r]: The 17th president of the United States of America (1865-69) after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in April 1865. [e]
18. Ulysses S. Grant [r]: (1822-1885) American general and 18th president of the United States (1869-1877). [e]
19. Rutherford B. Hayes [r]: (1822-1893) The Republican President of the United States, 1877-1881. [e]
20. James Garfield [r]: The 20th President of the United States, serving in 1881, and a Republican U.S. Congressman from Ohio. [e]
21. Chester A. Arthur [r]: The 21st President of the United States. [e]
22. Grover Cleveland [r]: The 22^nd and 24^th President of the United States, and the only one to serve two non-consecutive terms. [e]
23. Benjamin Harrison [r]: (1833 - 1901) The 23rd President of the United States, elected in 1888 but defeated by Grover Cleveland in 1892. [e]
24. Grover Cleveland
25. William McKinley [r]: (1843–1901) Twenty-fifth President of the United States, Governor of Ohio. [e]
26. Theodore Roosevelt [r]: (1858-1919), Twenty-sixth President of the United States, naturalist, historian, political reformer, and Progressive Era politician. [e]
27. William Howard Taft [r]: (1857 – 1930) The 27th President and 10th Chief Justice of the United States. [e]
28. Woodrow Wilson [r]: 28th U.S. President (1913-1921); founded the Federal Reserve and brought his country to fight both the Mexicans in the Mexican Revolution and the Central Powers in World War One. [e]
29. Warren G. Harding [r]: President of the USA, 1921-23, his administration is best known for the scandals that erupted. [e]
30. Calvin Coolidge [r]: President of the United States 1923-1929, who took office after President Warren G. Harding's death. [e]
31. Herbert Hoover [r]: US President from 1929 to 1933. [e]
32. Franklin D. Roosevelt [r]: (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), often called FDR, the President of the United States 1933 to 1945. [e]
33. Harry S. Truman [r]: (1884-1972) President of the U.S. from 1945 to 1953. [e]
34. Dwight D. Eisenhower [r]: (1890-1969) A career soldier who was the top Allied commander in Europe in World War II, and who later served as the 34th president of the United States (1953-1961). [e]
35. John F. Kennedy [r]: American politician (1917-1963); president 1961-1963; assassinated in Dallas. [e]
36. Lyndon B. Johnson [r]: American politician (1908-1973); president 1963–1969; known for his civil rights bills and "The Great Society". [e]
37. Richard Nixon [r]: American politician (1913–1994); President of the United States 1969–1974. Known for ending the Vietnam War and for the Watergate scandal. [e]
38. Gerald Ford [r]: (1913-2006) The 38th President of the United States (1974-77), the first not elected as either president or vice-president. [e]
39. Jimmy Carter [r]: President of the USA from 1977 to 1981, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. [e]
40. Ronald Reagan [r]: Ronald Reagan was the 40th president of the United States. [e]
41. George H. W. Bush [r]: (1924–) 41st U.S. President (Republican), elected in 1988 and serving one term; Director of Central Intelligence; U.S. Ambassador to China; youngest naval aviator in WWII [e]
42. Bill Clinton [r]: US Democratic politician (1946– ); Governor of Arkansas 1983–1992; President of the United States 1993–2001, husband of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton [e]
43. George W. Bush
44. Barack Obama [r]: (1961–) 44th President of the United States of America (2009-) and a former Senator from Illinois. [e]