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Mike Pence He was a US Representative from Indiana, 2000 - 2013 Governor of Indiana, 2013 - 2017 Vice president – elect, 2016 Mike Pence Rule on names?

Tim Kaine He was Governor of Virginia, 2006 - 2010 US Senator from Virginia, 2013 - present Democrat VP candidate, 2016 Tim Kaine

George W Bush Born 1946 in Connecticut Governor of Texas, 1995 - 2000 Son of a US President POTUS 2001 - 2009 George W Bush SCOTUS ?

Michelle Obama Born Michelle Robinson, 1964, Chicago FLOTUS 2009 - 2017 Michelle Obama

Donald Trump Born in New York City, 1946 Billionaire real estate developer and host of The Apprentice Will become the oldest and wealthiest person to become US President in January, 2017 Donald Trump

Mitch McConnell Rand Paul Majority leader of the US Senate, 2015 –present. Senior US senator from Kentucky. Mitch McConnell 2016 US presidential candidate from Bowling Green, Kentucky. Junior US senator from Kentucky. Rand Paul

Hillary Clinton First lady of Arkansas, 1983 - 1992 First lady of the US, 1993 - 2001 US Senator from NY State, 2001 - 2009 US Secretary of State, 2009 - 2013 US Presidential candidate, 2008 and 2016 Hillary Clinton

Bernie Sanders U.S. Representative and Senator from Vermont since 1991 Political independent, identifying himself as a democratic socialist Ran a strong primary campaign against Hillary Clinton in 2016 Bernie Sanders

Green Party Libertarian Party NEWS ITEM Dr. Jill Stein ran for president for the Green Party Gary Johnson ran for president for the Libertarian Party

Electoral College Russia MAIN NEWS STORIES 2016 U.S. Presidential election Hillary Clinton won the popular vote, but Donald Trump won the vote in the Electoral College US intelligence agencies believe that which nation interfered with our election? Russia

She is the most decorated American gymnast in history, leading the US team at the Rio Olympics Simone Biles

Bob Dylan He is an American songwriter, singer, artist, and writer Born Robert Zimmerman, Minnesota, 1941 Folk singer, civil rights activist Awarded 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature Bob Dylan

Dakota Access Pipeline 2016 NEWS ITEM Project blocked by protesters of the Lakota Sioux Tribe on the Standing Rock Reservation, North Dakota Dakota Access Pipeline

NEWS ITEM A brutal civil war has been going on for the past five years in the mideastern nation of Syria A siege and constant bombardment has killed many civilians in the city of Aleppo

Lived 1936 - 2016 He was a Supreme Court Justice, 1986 - 2016 Antonin Scalia

Lived 1947 - 2016 He was born Cassius Clay, Louisville Kentucky Won boxing’s heavyweight title three times, first in 1964 Converted to Islam; refused to serve in Vietnam; stripped of boxing titles Muhammad Ali

Lived 1921 - 2016 He was a US Senator from Ohio, 1974 - 1999 American aviator, engineer, astronaut  Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, 2012 First American to orbit the Earth, 1962 John Glenn

Lived 1921 - 2016 She was born Anne Robbins; her stage name was Nancy Davis First lady of California, 1967 - 1975 FLOTUS, 1981 - 1989 Nancy Reagan

Lived 1924 – 2016 He was a Canadian singer, songwriter, musician, poet, novelist, and painter Wrote Hallelujah, used in Shrek, covered by dozens of artists Leonard Cohen