... reached 6% of the workforce by early 2003. The Democrats had hoped to make the economy, and the jobless recovery, the central issue of the 2004 presidential campaign. But by the end of 2003, the economy appeared to be back on track, with an annualised growth rate of 8.2% and falling unemployment. ... double the number earlier in the year. The economy continues to be the top issue that voters are interested in, with 25% saying they think the presidential candidates should talk about jobs and the economy, compared to 14% who consider Medicare and health issues important, and only 7% the war...

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... of Saddam was vital to the world's security, because it would have been impossible, for any country, to completely disarm Saddam, whose power depended on the acquisition of nuclear weapons. He had been working on building weapons of mass destruction since the 1970's, spending hundreds of billions ... equipment, records, and means of transportation that they wish to inspect. Again, Iraq broke the resolution by denying UN's inspection teams access to Presidential Palaces. Iraq government failed to declare the machine tools made by the British-based firm of Matrix Churchill, which the IAEA ...

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... Canal itself. However beginning in 2000; they left the United States the right to defend the Panama Canal's neutrality. Carter was a very able negotiator; in 1978 he met at the presidential retreat in Camp David, Maryland with the Israeli prime minister and the Egyptian president to discuss the framework for peace between Egypt and Israel. This framework, which was agreed on ... capabilities. The Soviets originally viewed Reagan as an implacable enemy, who was willing to risk nuclear war to sabotage the Soviet system. During the mid 1980s Mikhail Gorbachev came to power in the USSR. Gor...

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• Grade Level: High School