The US government had known that Noriega was involved in drug trafficking since at least 1972. ... In 1983, a US Senate committee concluded that Panama was a major center for the laundering of drug funds and drug trafficking. ... In May 1986, the Director of the Drug Enforcement Agency praised Noriega for his "vigorous anti-drug trafficking policy."" ... It had nothing to do with suddenly discovering that he was a gangster and a drug-peddler, we had known this all along. ... Dan Rather placed him "at the top of the list of the world's drug thieves and scum's."" ...

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As commissioner he was told to not enforce the civil service laws, however, to the chagrin of party leaders he used his power to double the amount of jobs that fell under his control and strictly enforced civil service laws. ...

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In 2011 Obama would go on to sign the bipartisan Budget Control Act, this act would enforce stricter limits on discretionary spending until 2021, the goal being at least $1.5 trillion in budgetary savings over 10 years. ... In effort to do so during his time in office, President Bush signed into law a $400 billion Medicare drug benefit program that resulted into a significant expansion in America's welfare state. ...

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U.S. History Interview Jason Paris 1. What impact did the Cuban Missile Crisis on your community or family? " On me it didn't really effect me, I was at Ft. Rucker at the time." No people were really afraid. "The media would make it out to be more than it really was. The military knew...

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