Nixon and China

• visited china in Feb 1972
• 1st US president to visit
• Kissinger visted first to set up meeting
• this allowed trade between country, US leave taiwan, US recognize china

•    June of 1972
• At Democratic headquarters
• Plumbers got caught
• Washington post had reporters connect plumbers to White House
• John Dean (White House layer) said traced back to whitehouse
• Butterfeild "listen to the taps"

• Amendment that ended sanctions on the Rhodesia
• US can again purchase of Chrome (used for weapons) from rhodesia
• attempt to econ-lly overthrow Ian Smith (pm of Rhodesia) 

• Secratary of state during nixon presidency

• became independent from Portugal (1975)
• CIA involved with Patrice Lumumba (prime minister of congo) murder
• Kiss and CIA funded Holden Roberto's FNLA against MPLA
• MPLA was winin and kiss aid $50 mill without congress
• young "CIA hurt US rep intensify need to econ help Afr countries"
• Castro aid MPLA so we aid FNLA more
• jan 1976 Dick Clark and young got amend to end US involvment in angola

•       Sep of 1978
• Carter mediated between eygept and israel
• Eygept recognize isreal and isreal give Eygept land

• Shah (put into power by CIA) - leader of iran
• US embassy taken over - 50 hosatges 
• Reagan release

• Andrew Young - US ambassador to UN
• Repealing Byrd Amend which end zimbab sanctions
• Nyerere (tanz pres but reping Rhod) and carter agreed to rid Ian Smith and impose liberarion army
• April 17 1980 rhodesia becomes zimbab and mugabe is pm
• Jan of 1978 there was a metting with young, Nkomo and Robert Mugabe

1 st term:  funded Star Wars (US defense program and soviets felt it offensive)

2nd term:  had great diplomatic success and got Soviets to stop building nucs and to REDUCE 

• SALT (Strategic arms limitation treat) = limit # nucs we can have but not ridding them)

• extremely poor nation
• war in country (US made worse by funding)
• The gov was military dict and anti-commy (US support gov)

• contra - nicar rebel fighters against new socilaist gov
• Reagan sell weapon to iran for $,  Then use $ to support Contra and not need congress approval
• congress passed a law saying no more fiancing to contra (Reagan supported anyway)
• Oliver North support contras

• Grassroots - protesters which started in Boulder, Berkeley and Michigan
• movement that convinced to overrule Reagan veto
• Act imposed santions on US south africa (SA) trade and releasal of political prisoners in SA
• Wanted desegregation between blacks and whites in SA

Dec 1989

• Manuel Noriega (panama dictator that was socialaist - commy - and was doing drug trafficing
• US invaded Panama and removed Noriega

• August 1990
• Iraq invaded Kuwait 
• UN security council emposed santions on iraq
• major powers helped in fight (france, australia, UK, Canada)
• After 48 hrs of bombing US liberated Kuwait

• tried to reform health care
• 1st lady --> US Senator of New York --> present Secratery of State

• Fought in vietnam and moved up the rank
• went grad school and became national security adviser
• cleaned up Iran-contra
• chairman of joint cheif (MVP solider)
• secretary of state 2001-2005

• Somalia is were black hawk down based (fall 1992)
• Clintion came into power during crisis and pulled out (shut down operatin "Restore Hope")
• Rwanda geneocide mainly in spring/sumer 1994

• US ambassador to UN 1993-1997 (1st Term)
• Secretary of State 1997-2001(2nd Term)
• stopped soviets from supplying Serbia to help Kosovo win independence

• Bush vs Gore vs Nadar
• Bush 271 electoral
• Gore 266 electoral, Won pop vote
• Flordia got recount but supreme court ended it and Bush won

• orig gay disease
• Arthur Ash died and Magic got it also
• 1996 ARV Medicin was introduced and now ARV is only 1 pill
• 5 years = $48 bill for fight

• 80's US support Mujahadeen cuz soviets invade
• put harsh santions on soviet and boycot olympics
• Charlie Wilson convince US sting missles
• 90's Taliban takes over 
• post 9/11 US goes to Afghan to fin Osama Bin Laden

• US ambassador to UN
• helped Rhodesia win indep and become Zimbabwe
• 1980 went to Zimbabwe celebration
• now makes films