To officially choose or designate someone or something for a specific role or responsibility.

A law passed in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks that expanded the surveillance and investigation powers of law enforcement and intelligence agencies to combat terrorism.

Weapons designed to inflict mass casualties and significant destruction, often including nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons. 

A military conflict that lasted from August 2, 1990 to February 28, 1991, primarily between Iraq and a coalition of United Nations’ forces, led by the United States, following Iraq’s invasion and annexation of Kuwait.

Relating to a person’s own country

The 5th President of Iraq, serving from 1979 to 2003, known for his brutal and autocratic rule.

A country in the Middle East, known for its vast oil reserves.

The basic rights and freedoms that belong to every person in the world, from birth until death.

A country in the Middle East, on the northwestern coast of the Persian Gulf.  Located on the northern edge of Arabian Peninsula bordering Iraq to the north, and Saudi Arabia to the south. 

When a country’s total value of imports (goods and services it buys from other countries) exceeds the total value of its exports (goods and services it sells to other countries).

A law passed in 2010 aimed at making health insurance more affordable and accessible to Americans by increasing health insurance coverage for the uninsured and implementing reforms to the health insurance market.

A prolonged military conflict in Iraq that lasted from 2003 to 2011, between a U.S.-led coalition force against the regime of Saddam Hussein. 

The 44th President of the United States, serving from 2009 to 2017, and the first African American to hold the office.

An economic system with minimal government control, where prices and quantities of goods and services are determined by supply and demand with limited government intervention.

Involving more than one nation, generally beyond national boundaries.

The removal or reduction of government regulation (oversight) in a specific industry.

The 41st president of the United States, serving from 1989 to 1993.  His presidency focused on foreign policy including the reunification of Germany and the Gulf War, where the U.S. ended the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait.

Founder and first leader of al-Qaeda, a transnational terrorist organization that was responsible for the September 11th attacks in the United States. He was also a prominent pan-Islamist figure who opposed U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East.

The 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001.  In 1998 he became the second U.S. president to be impeached, but was acquitted by the Senate in 1999.