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Dick Cheney

Dick Cheney (1941– ) served as the vice president to George W. Bush. During the 1970s, Cheney served the administrations of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. In 1978 he was elected to the US House of Representatives as a Republican from Wyoming. He later served as secretary of defense under President George H. W. Bush and in 2000 was elected vice president to the younger Bush. Cheney helped push for the war in Iraq after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. He asserted that there were significant links between Iraq and Osama bin...

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Donald Rumsfeld

Donald Rumsfeld (1932– ) was the US secretary of defense under President George W. Bush. He was largely responsible for the early handling of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Before serving in the Bush administration, Rumsfeld worked as a private businessman and served in Congress and under Presidents Nixon and Ford. Though he earned praise for ending the regime of Saddam Hussein, public opinion turned against Rumsfeld as US military involvement in the Middle East was prolonged and the Abu...

Glossary Term – Person

George W. Bush

George W. Bush (1946–) was the forty-third president of the United States. Bush’s two-term presidency was marked by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the subsequent American wars in the Middle East. The oldest son of former President George H. W. Bush, George W. served in the Texas Air National Guard and worked in the Texas oil industry before entering politics. He was elected as the Republican governor of Texas in 1994 and won reelection in 1998. In 2000, he ran for the presidency against Democratic nominee Al Gore...

Glossary Term – Person

Osama bin Laden

Mark Rickert to Merle Kilgore, September 14, 2003. ( Andrew Carroll / The Legacy

Primary Source

Discovering a mass grave in Iraq, 2003

Mark Rickert wrote this email while serving as a journalist with the 372nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment in Iraq. On this day, he and his group were investigating rumors of a mass grave. The letter is written to his grandfather, Merle Kilgore, who was a friend and manager of Hank Williams, Jr. An audio version of this email read by Hank Williams, Jr., from the Simon and Schuster audiobook Behind the Lines by Andrew...

Teaching Resource

Children on the Home Front

Overview

While American soldiers were fighting abroad, those left at home, including children, contributed to the war effort in many ways.

Background

Although World War II wasn’t fought on US soil, its effects were deeply felt by all Americans. With a majority of the male population overseas, remaining citizens dedicated themselves to the task of keeping the country running efficiently while supporting the soldiers. Women, previously discouraged from working in industry, became the work force out of necessity.

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