1998: the house of representatives votes to impeach president clinton
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1998: The House of Representatives votes to impeach
President Clinton.
1999: Nato wages air campaign against Yugoslavia over killing and deportation of
ethnic Albanians in Kosovo.
NATO troops
2000: Despite receiving fewer popular votes, George Bush narrowly defeats Al Gore in a hotly contested election.
2001: Passenger jets hijacked by terrorists destroy the WTC in New York and damage the Pentagon. More than
3000 people are killed.
2001:U.S. attacks Afghanistan in an attempt to capture Osama bin Laden, oust the Taliban, and fight terrorism.
2002: President Bush creates Department of Homeland Security.
2003: U.S. and allies invade Iraq to find weapons of mass destruction, oust
Saddam Hussein, and fight terrorism.
2005: Hurricane Katrina wreaks catastrophic damage on New
Orleans.
2008: Barack Obama is elected as the first African American President
of the U.S.
2011: Terrorist sponsor, Osama Bin Laden is killed by U.S. Naval forces in Pakistan.