Timeline of the Hendrix administration (President Hendrix)

1996 presidential election(President Hendrix)
 * August 1996: Hendrix is confirmed as the GOP nominee after defeating Bob Dole in the primaries. In the RNC, he confirms Senator Dole as his running mate, with Ron Paul as secretary of the treasury.


 * September 1996: After Ross Perot decides to drop out of the race Hendrix begins to lead Clinton in the polls by 4% nationally.


 * November 1996: Hendrix defeats Clinton by five points in the general election and becomes the first black president of the United States. Clinton's defeat is blamed by many on his loss of the African American vote.

First term and Reelection
1997:


 * Hendrix begins with his plans to utilize the Clinton surplus.


 * Hendrix receives a CIA memo about possible genocide in former Yugoslavia. Hendrix sends troops to stabilize the region.

1998:


 * Hendrix imposes the largest tax cut in history which leads to a 8% increase in economic growth.


 * Hendrix signs a bill which constructs a 3000 mile long fence along the U.S Mexican border.

1999:
 * Hendrix gets the income tax repealed.


 * Hendrix cuts all "pork barrel" programs funded by the government.


 * Vice president Dole says he will retire at the end his term as vice president due to age issues.


 * The airlines security act is passed, which leads to impenetrable cockpit doors being implemented over 6 months


 * Slobodan Milosevic is captured in Belgrade by NATO forces. Hendrix said on TV:

2000: 2000 presidential election(President Hendrix)


 * Tom Gephardt becomes the Democratic nominee for president.


 * Senator John McCain of Arizona is chosen as Hendrix's running mate.


 * Hendrix is reelected in a landslide after defeating Tom Gephardt and the Democrats with 372 electoral votes to 166.

Second Term
2001:
 * Hendrix is sworn in for his second term.


 * On 9/11, the hijackers fail miserably after they fail to breach the doors.


 * With 9/11 a failure, Hendrix decides to seek out and punish Bin Laden. The CIA tell him that Bin Laden is hiding in Afghanistan. Ron Paul then reminds Hendrix of a long forgotten loophole in catching Bin Laden - a letter of Marque and Reprisal.


 * Hendrix and the Secretary of defense Collen Powell co-sign a letter of Marque and reprisal on September 6 demanding that Mullah Omar hand over Bin Laden or they will refer it to the UN.


 * Mullah Omar refuses, and declares that the "imperialist warmongers will not step on Holy Land".


 * Hendrix fulfills his promise and gets the UN to approve an invasion of Afghanistan.


 * As a result of more competent leadership at the helm, the US capture Bin Laden in a matter of weeks and the Taliban are irrevocably routed.

2002:
 * Al Qaeda's second in command Ayman Al Zawahiri is killed by U.S forces.


 * Combat operations in Afghanistan end. U.S forces begin the reconstruction of Afghanistan.


 * Hendrix increases funding for NASA in the Space exploration act.


 * Mullah Omar is killed after a series of air strikes in Waziristan, Pakistan successfully eliminates most of the Taliban leadership.


 * John McCain announces his plans to run for president. Hendrix gives his support to McCain, saying that John McCain will help America sail into this golden age.


 * After the CIA confirm VX gas was used on the Kurds, the United States gets Britain, Poland, Italy, France, Britain, Spain and Norway to help them in overthrowing Saddam.


 * Saddam is caught hiding in the presidential palace within 2 months. Saddam is subsequently handed over for trial to the Iraqi people and hung on New Year's eve.

2003


 * John McCain confirms he is running for president.


 * The Columbia disaster does not take place as all the fleet is grounded for a complete refit under the Space Exploration act.


 * Roe V Wade is overturned and the Abortion issue is devoled to the states

2004

Domestic Policy

 * NASA gets more funding, and they are projected to get a man on Mars by 2012.


 * Crime and corruption figures are at their lowest in decades.


 * The average house hold income rises to $125 000.


 * All Gun Control laws are repealed.


 * Puerto Rico became a State in the Union in 2004.


 * After Castro's death in 2006, Cuba warmed to the US.


 * Roe V Wade was overturned, and the abortion debate was devolved to the states.

Foreign Policy

 * With Jimi Hendrix at the helm, the US was described as entering a "Golden Age" of prosperity.


 * The War on drugs was seen as more successful, especially as FARC are driven out of Colombia and destroyed entirely. Drug rings were also smashed across Latin America and Central Asia.


 * The war on terror is more successfully executed, with Al-Qaeda being smashed in the nerve centre.


 * The War in Iraq takes place, but with more unilateral support, it is far more successful than in OTL with U.S forces leaving the country in 2009.


 * Iraq and Afghanistan are stable democracies, with close links to America.