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[AN OUTBREAK OR THREAT OF WAR ALWAYS GENERATES PRESIDENTIAL APPROVAL ] 100% +12 +13 +11 +19 +14 +18 +35 90% B0% 70% 60% 50% 40% Bush George W. 30% Roosevelt Kennedy Ford Carter Bush, George Bush, George 20% Iraq invades Kuwait Pearl Harbor Cuban Missile Crisis Mayaguez Incident Hostage-taking in Iran Gulf War begins September 11 DECEMBER 1941 OCTOBER 1962 MAY 1975 NOVEMBER 1979 AUGUST 199o JANUARY 1991 SEPTEMBER 2001 [ TERRORIST ATTACKS AGAINST U.S. TARGETS NEVER GENERATED A RALLY-UNTIL SEPTEMBER 11 ] 100% +2 +4 +6 +B -6 +1 +35 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% Bush. George W. 30% Reagan Reagan Reagan Clinton Clinton Clinton Clinton 20% U.S. Embassy, Beirut Marine Barracks, Beirut Saudi military complex U.S. embassies in Africa USS Cole Pan Am flight over Lockerbie World Trade Center September 11 APRIL 1983 OCTOBER 1983 DECEMBER 1988 FEBRUARY 1993 JUNE 1996 AUGUST 1998 OCTOBER 2000 SEPTEMBER 2001 term over end of sampling end of sampling
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