Administration of Noah Baxter (D) (20 gen 1969 anni – 19 gen 1977 anni)

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Son of Daily Globe owner Leland Baxter, and former Senator and protégé of Lyndon Johnson, Baxter was placed in the White House with a progressive agenda. His party had split during the 1964 election, with Wallace taking the Dixiecrats to form their own party. However, this party did not survive the intervening years, and the exiles split between returning to the Democrats as centrists, or going to the Republicans as far-right wingers. With Cuba an ongoing concern, and maintaining peace keeping troops in Laos and Cambodia in the wake of Viet Nam's fall to communism, Baxter was forced to be hawkish internationally. He approved of increases to SHIELD's covert operations against Soviet actions across the globe, especially in Latin America and Africa. Domestically he was campaigned on a “New Society”, promising a series of progressive laws to advance America into the next century.

In his second term the Oil Crisis challenged him, but through his EPA, he put in place the early steps for investment in alternative energies. The death of Brezhnev late in his term set the stage for a new relationship with the Soviets, while relations with China continued to improve. By the time he left office though, inflation was on the rise, and blame was being levelled at the New Society deals, despite the positive impact of the reforms.

Secretly, his second term was dominated by the conversation within SHIELD and the military after satellite images discovered the presence of a city on the moon, necessitating the organization of man moon missions which would be inherited by the next administration.

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