The Cold War
"Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind."
-President John F. Kennedy in his Address to the UN General Assembly (September 25, 1961)
Domestic Policies
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Pardoned Vietnam-era draft resisters
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Stopped funding B-1 bomber airplane
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Reduce US depence on OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)
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Congress pass Emergency Natural Gas Act, authorizing national government to allocate interstate natural gas
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Created Department of Engergy to regulate existing energy
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Energy Security Act
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Foreign Policies
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Ended over 30 years of political and military support to Presient Somoza of Nicaragua.
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Defined foundation of foreign policy as being based on America's role historically, moral values, and global change.
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Camp David Peace Accords 17 September 1978; paved way forforforforfor better relations in the Middle East..
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Egypt and Israel would agree to establish diplomatic relations between each other.
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Israel withdraws from Sinai Peninsula
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End Israeli settlements in West Bank
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Strategic Arms Limitation Talks II
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President Carter and Soviet leader Brezhnev sign follow-up on nuclear arms control.
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