Jan. 29, 1834: Andrew Jackson became the first president to use federal troops to put down labor unrest — workers building the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal were angry over working conditions and low pay.
Jan. 29, 2002: In his State of the Union speech, President Bush unveiled the term "Axis of Evil" to describe North Korea, Iran, and Iraq.
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Bush accused them of being rogue states that harbored, financed, or aided terrorists. But Bush did nothing to prevent North Korea from successfully testing a nuclear weapon in 2006, and was unable to prevent Iran from making progress with its own nuclear program.
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