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=USA: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA=


 * 1) Location of the USA- Located in North America South of Canada and North of Mexico and also North of Cuba. Alaska borders Russia and Hawaii does not border any countries only a few other islands. It borders both the Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean. The USA is the third largest country in the world with over 9,000,000 sq miles.
 * 2) GDP (exchange rate)- The GDP of the United States is 15.06 Trillion dollars which is second in the world behind the European Union. The per capita GDP of the united states is 48,100 dollars which is eleventh in the world. The growth rate of the United States is about 1.5%. About 77% of the revenue for the United States is from servives and 22% is from industries with a labor force of 153.4 million people and unemployment of 9%. The United States generates 2.264 Trillion dollars in revenue but spends 3.604 trillion dollars. 15% of the GDP comes from taxes. The United States exports agricultural goods such as corn and fruit, industrial goods such as organic chemicals, capital goods such as motor parts, and concumer goods such as automobiles and medicine. America imports crude oil along with industrial goods as well. Exchaqnge rates for us dollar British=0.6176 Chinese yuan= 6.455 Canadian .98 Euro=.71 japanese yen= 79.67

4. The Current leader or President of the United States of America is Barack Hussein Obama. Obama was sworn into office on January 20, 2009. He is still the current president, although the 2012 elections are approaching quickly. Obama made history when he was elected as being the first African American President to ever rule in the United States of America. He has made contributions during his reign. One particularly famous contribution is his capture and execution of notorious most wanted criminal Ossama Bin Laden.

5. America has had many problems with terrorism through out the years. The main one is with al queda and the attack on the twin towers in New york others include the attack on the pentagon and the oklahoma city bombing. America is also involved with with the war in Afghanistan. America has made some improvements on the war on terrorism by killing both sadam hussein and osama bin laden. Terrorism has affected America so much that they created the see something say something in which any american could be accused of being a terrorist is they
 * Domestic Issues:**
 * the United States as of 2011 had a 9.1% unemployment rate.
 * it has 153.4 million unemployed people in the United States
 * 69.4% of GDP is Public Debt
 * The United States has problems with Border Security, and the condition of illegal immigrants in the United States
 * There are many occupy movements in the United States: such as the Occupy Wall Street movement, and the Occupy Boston, and basically occupy of every city. The distribution of wealth to aid these people maybe taking away more wealth from the government and the basic increase of debt.
 * The idea of Medicaid insurance and health insurance is widely talked about. It is yet to be extremely resolved despite the efforts commited by President Barack Obama to insure free-health care.
 * The new SOPA and ACTA acts that have been trying to pass in the United States congress have had violation of freedom of speech, and are widely being rejected by the people.
 * ACTA was just signed by the United States and it was facilitated by the UN.

The United States has an extremely active foreign policy. It deals with numerous countries especially with countries that are struggling. The United States sees fit in the idea that it should help all nations that are in need. They have very specific ideas on a strong nation, and they have active roles in helping and aiding other nations. They intervened in the Libyan Civil war with the conflict betweeen Ghaddafi loyals and also with the rebels. The United States is also particularly wealthy, and they contribute almost more money than they actually recieve in trying to end or rid the world of conflict. They especially work hard to end terrorist actions.

=Research Guide: Terrorism and the USA=

1. Acts of terror that have occurred in the United States are as follows: []
 * April 14, 1865 - Pro-Slavery Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln due to a conspiracy attack by confederate supporters John Wilkes'
 * 1901 - Assassination of President William Mckinley by Russian-Polist Anarchist Leon Czolgosz
 * 9/11 - Attacks by Al-Qaeda by driving planes in the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. It instilled fear in a vast majority of Americans, and it also left insecurity for the American people. - Occurred in September 11, 2001 are as follows.
 * More Terrorist Occurrences can be found here:**
 * More Terrorist Occurrences can be found here:**

2. The United States has created a security council to combat terrorism. This council was created with the passing of the UNSCR 1624 (or the United States implementation of Security Council Resolution 1624). This resolution prohibits acts of terrorism that have occurred as follows. >> the intention to cause death or serious bodily injury, or endorsed or espoused terrorist >> activity, or persuaded others to endorse or espouse terrorist activity" []
 * criminality or the suspect of criminal activity related to violence
 * conspiracy, advocacy, or just any plots to overthrow forms of the Government or the whole thing
 * "inchoate crimes" that allow prosecution and also even terrorist criminality
 * designation of terrorist organization, or links to any of them shall be reviewed
 * "making inadmissible to the U.S. aliens who have either incited terrorist activity with
 * The right of Freedom of Expression in Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and political rights may be taken away for the better protection of public safety, national security, public order, and public health.
 * More Counter-Terrorism and Terrorist prevention policies located here:**