The Presidents ofthe 21st century

2 Presidents of the 21st century:

Date of the birth: July 6, 1946 August 4, 1961 •46th Governor of Texas (1995-2000)

•The son of the 41st president

• The first African American president of the USA

•was born in New Haven, Connecticut.

•graduated from Yale, received a business degree from Harvard

•was born in Hawaii

•graduated from Harvard law school, was a Harvard Law Review

has twin daughters, Jenna and Barbara, now out of college, pursuing careers.

has two daughters, Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7.

• formed a new cabinet-level Department of Homeland Security

•sent American forces into Afghanistan to break up the Taliban, a movement under Osama bin Laden

•appointed two women to serve on the Supreme Court

•ended the war in Iraq and ordered the military operation that resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden

•ordered reform of the military forces to meet the new enemy

• federal funding to foreign establishments that allow abortions

•locked up the world's most dangerous weapons

•reversed George W. Bush's ban on federal funding to foreign establishments that allow abortions.

•cut taxes for working families

•expanded health care for children and their parents

•delivered major tax cuts which had been a campaign pledge

•promoted policies on the economy, health care, education, and social security reform

Resources:

http://www.whitehouse.gov- official website of the White House. From “The Presidents of the United States of America,” by Michael Beschloss and Hugh Sidey.

http://history1900s.about.com - website of The New York Times Company