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American Portraits: 

American Portraits Places and Faces

American Portraits: 

American Portraits Directions: Identify the following images to the best of your knowledge. (number paper 1-25) All images in some way have shaped current events around the globe.

Condoleezza Rice: 

Condoleezza Rice United States Secretary of State First African American woman to serve as Secretary of State.

Rudy Giuliani: 

Rudy Giuliani Politician from the state of New York. Former Mayor of New York City. Seeking the Republican nomination for President.

Ban Ki-moon: 

Ban Ki-moon South Korean diplomat Current Secretary-General of the United Nations Succeeded Kofi Annan on January 1, 2007.

Fidel Castro: 

Fidel Castro Communist leader of Cuba A dictator, who took power in 1959.

Hugo Chávez: 

Hugo Chávez President of Venezuela Outspoken critic of the United States foreign policy. Many view Chávez as a threat to global oil prices and regional stability.

Al Sharpton: 

Al Sharpton Political, civil rights, and social justice activist. Former candidate for the Democratic nomination for the U. S. presidential election.

Al Gore : 

Al Gore Politician and environmentalist. Forty-fifth Vice President of the United States (Bill Clinton) Democratic nominee in the 2000 election. lectures on the topic of global warming.

Barack Obama: 

Barack Obama Senator from Illinois Democratic candidate for nomination in the 2008 U.S. presidential election.

Hillary Clinton: 

Hillary Clinton United States Senator from New York Democratic nominee in the 2008 presidential election. Married to Bill Clinton, (42nd US President)

Felipe Calderón: 

Felipe Calderón The President of Mexico. He assumed office on December 1, 2006 from Vicente Fox.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: 

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad President of Iran Supported Iran's nuclear program declaring it is for peaceful purposes

James Gordon Brown: 

James Gordon Brown Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He took office in June 2007, for Tony Blair

Kim Jong-il: 

Kim Jong-il Communist leader of North Korea. Criticized for human rights abuses, and for production of nuclear weapons.

John McCain : 

John McCain Politician, war veteran, and current Republican Senator of Arizona. McCain is seeking the Republican Presidential nomination in the 2008 election

Saddam Hussien: 

Saddam Hussien Former President of Iraq. Captured by U.S. forces on December 13, 2003. Executed on December 30, 2006.

Joseph Lieberman: 

Joseph Lieberman Politician from Connecticut. (I) Has been criticized by Democrats for his support .

Fred Thompson: 

Fred Thompson Politician and actor (Law & Order) Former Republican Senator (TN) Possible presidential candidate for President in 2008.

Mitt Romney: 

Mitt Romney Former Governor of Massachusetts. Republican candidate in the 2008 United States presidential election.

John Edwards: 

John Edwards Ran as VP during the 2004 Presidential election (John Kerry) Seeking the democratic nomination for the 2008 presidential election

Nouri al-Maliki: 

Nouri al-Maliki Prime Minister of Iraq, he was sworn in on May 20, 2006. Shia Muslim

Pervez Musharraf: 

Pervez Musharraf President of Pakistan Ally in search for Osama Bin Laden

Hamid Karzai: 

Hamid Karzai The current President of Afghanistan (since December 7, 2004).

Osama Bin Laden: 

Osama Bin Laden Militant Islamist Founder of al-Qaeda. Stated that Muslims should kill civilians citizens of the United States

Robert Gates: 

Robert Gates United States Secretary of Defense Served 26 years in the Central Intelligence Agency

David Petraeus: 

David Petraeus US Army General Commander of US forces in Iraq

Vladimir Putin: 

Vladimir Putin Current President of Russia He became acting President on December 31, 1999.

Question?: 

Question? Identify which one of these people have been the most influential in current events. Explain?