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period of stagflation. On the world stage, he escalated the arms race, transitioned Cold War policy away from the policies of détente with the Soviet Union

navigated the final years of the Cold War and played a key role in the reunification of Germany. He presided over the invasion of Panama and the Gulf War, ending

Vietnam War, détente with the Soviet Union and China, the Apollo 11 Moon landing, and the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency and Occupational

in the Cold War. With the collapse of South Vietnam nine months into his presidency, U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War essentially ended. In the 1976

administration established the U.S. Department of Energy and the Department of Education. The end of his presidency was marked by the Iran hostage crisis, an

Poland; the start of World War II. Two days later, the family was in the House of Commons for speeches endorsing the United Kingdom's declaration of war on

especially during the Cold War, the U.S. president was often called "the leader of the free world". Article II of the Constitution establishes the executive branch

1945, marking the end of the war. World War II changed the political alignment and social structure of the world, and it set the foundation of international

Frontier of the war, and the defeat of the Native American allies of the British at the Battle of the Thames. Despite this, the U.S. Navy could not prevent

With the coming of World War II in the minds of the political leaders of America, they decided it was time to develop a separate branch of the Bureau

Protective Mission – The protective mission of the USSS is to ensure the safety of the President of the United States, the Vice President of the United States

for the expansion of the peacetime components of the Air Force to meet the needs of war. Section 9062 of Title 10 US Code defines the purpose of the USAF

operation. After the end of World War II, management of the lab was contracted by the US government to Monsanto; however, they withdrew in 1947. The University

throughout the Cold War and rapidly expanded, both in size and scope, after the September 11 attacks. Because of the sensitive nature of its work, the spy organization

officially formed as the NSA by President Harry S. Truman in 1952. Between then and the end of the Cold War, it became the largest of the U.S. intelligence

down. With the end of the Cold War, production of nuclear materials for weapons use ceased. Roger D. Wensil, a pipe-fitter, worked for the B.F. Shaw Co

during Red Cloud's War, the Great Sioux War of 1876, and the Nez Perce War and in conflicts with Piegan Blackfeet. The most notable were the Marias Massacre

designated as the Army of the United States in the U.S. Constitution. The Army is the oldest branch of the U.S. military and the most senior in order of precedence

1982). The W87 and the B83 are the only LLNL designs still in the U.S. nuclear stockpile. With the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 and the end of the

production and research was a second main activity in the lab at that time. Since the end of the Cold War, the laboratory expanded its civilian research. Savannah