Obama Era Wars & Disasters

Wars and Disasters

During the Obama Administration (2009–2017), the United States navigated complex foreign conflicts and major domestic crises. Key military events included the troop surge and drawdown in Afghanistan, the end of the Iraq War, the 2011 intervention in Libya, and the fight against ISIS. Domestically, the administration managed the devastating 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Hurricane Sandy, and the 2014 Ebola outbreak response.

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1939	World War II and Japanese American Internment (Period: 1939–1945 (Japanese American internment began after 1942))
1967	Third Arab-Israeli War (Period: June 5, 1967 – June 10, 1967)
1973	Fourth Arab-Israeli War (Period: October 6, 1973 – October 25, 1973)
1980	Dissolution of the Soviet Union (Period: Late 1980s – December 1991)
1991	Gulf War (Period: January 1991 – February 1991 (Main combat period))
1992	Bosnian War (Period: 1992–1995)
1998	Kosovo War and NATO Bombing of Yugoslavia (Period: 1998–1999, NATO bombing March–June 1999)
2001	Iraq War and War in Afghanistan (Period: 2001–2021 (War in Afghanistan), 2003–2011 (Major US troop deployment period in Iraq)) War in Afghanistan (Period: 2001–2021 (US-led military intervention period)) War in Afghanistan and Iraq War (Period: 2001–2021 (War in Afghanistan), 2003–2011 (Iraq War)) 2001 Anthrax Attacks (Period: September – November 2001) September 11 Attacks (Period: September 11, 2001)
2003	Iraq War (Period: 2003–2011 (Major US troop deployment period), 2007 (Period when McDonough acted as foreign policy staff for Senator Obama))
2007	2008 Global Financial Crisis and Great Recession (Period: 2007–2009 (Impact continued thereafter)) Global Financial Crisis (Period: 2007–2009)
2009	Iraq War and War in Afghanistan (Period: 2009–2017 (Service period in the Obama administration))
2010	Arab Spring and Libyan Civil War (Period: 2010–2012 (Arab Spring), 2011–2020 (Libyan Civil War)) Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (Period: April 20, 2010 – September 2010) Floods and Severe Weather in the American Southeast (Period: May 2010)
2011	Syrian Civil War (Period: 2011–Present)
2012	Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting (Period: December 14, 2012)
2013	Boston Marathon Bombing (Period: April 15, 2013)
2014	Ebola Epidemic (Period: 2014–2016 (Large-scale epidemic in West Africa)) Russian Invasion and Annexation of Crimea (Jay Carney, Period: February – March 2014)
2015	Yemeni Civil War and Saudi-led Military Intervention (Ben Rhodes, Period: 2015–Present (Yemeni Civil War), 2015–)
2020	COVID-19 Pandemic (Period: 2020–2023)
2022	Climate Change and Global Warming (Period: 2022–2025 (Period of responsibility in the Biden administration))
2023	Gaza War (Period: October 7, 2023 – January 20, 2025 (overlapping with Lew's tenure as US Ambassador to Israel))

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