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The President then appoints Pennsylvania governor Tom Ridge to the new cabinet-level post of director of the Office of Homeland Security. Governor Ridge will coordinate the efforts of more than forty federal agencies to secure the United States against future terrorist attacks. On October 7, , President George W.
Bush announced that the United States had begun military action in Afghanistan. The military operation was code-named Enduring Freedom. The air assaults, he said, were joined by Britain, with assorted intelligence efforts and logistical support coming from several other nations, including France, Germany, Australia, and Canada. The United States had turned its attention to Afghanistan shortly after the September 11 terrorist attacks because the Taliban regime had provided sanctuary to Al Qaeda, the terrorist organization responsible for the attacks.
When the Taliban refused, the United States together with allies launched an attack against the Taliban. Apparently anticipating a U. It was widely believed that without Massoud, the Northern Alliance would fracture as a fighting force. Instead, the Northern Alliance fought against the Taliban, bolstered by U. Special Forces. First it ousted the Taliban from the city of Mazar Al-Sharif on the northern frontier and then from the capital city of Kabul. By mid-March , the Taliban had been removed from power, and the Al Qaeda network in Afghanistan was severely damaged.
A fledgling democracy was installed in Afghanistan, but even before that country was truly pacified, the Bush administration had turned its attention to Iraq and its dictator Saddam Hussein. With U.
Anthrax scare The Capital shuts down amidst an Anthrax scare. Persons in Florida and New York have already tested positive for the frequently fatal bacteria. Meetings with Russian president Vladimir Putin fail to establish an agreement between the two nations. In June , the United States officially withdraws from the Treaty, allowing it to conduct anti-missile defense tests. Known as the No Child Left Behind Act, it offers local authorities greater flexibility in spending federal dollars, but requires standardized math and reading tests.
Cheney, on a trip to the Middle East, refuses to meet with Arafat in the current environment.
Meanwhile, Arafat remains penned in Ramallah by Israeli threats since December. On March 29, Israeli troops will take over most of his headquarters. His arrival marks the first trip by an American President in forty years. On May 20, President Bush announces that the forty-year-old trade embargo against Cuba will continue until conditions, including free and fair elections, are met. The Office of Homeland Security will now coordinate a wide range of functions and oversee more than organizations.
On July 10, the Dow Jones index drops below 9,, its largest one-day loss since September Additionally, he warns that the United States will move alone if the Council does not act. France, Germany, and Russia, all permanent members of the Security Council, express severe reservations. The Senate vote follows a similar vote of in the House in support of the bill.
Inspections in Iraq continue.
He suggests that the plan will stimulate the U. Democrats dismiss the plan as financially irresponsible and favorable to the rich. Debris falls in Texas. In the following weeks, reports emerge which suggest that North Korea will soon possess the ability to create a nuclear arsenal. Bush issues an ultimatum for military action, giving Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and his sons forty-eight hours to leave Iraq. At p. He links the Iraq War to the War on Terror and vows to continue searching for banned weapons in Iraq.
The resolution gives the United States and United Kingdom control of Iraq until it establishes a legitimate government and authority to use Iraqi oil revenues for humanitarian aid and reconstruction. Congressional Democrats who opposed the bill argued it is skewed towards the wealthy. Although more extensive than previous federal law, the guidelines provided clear exceptions for matters of national security and counterterrorism operations. Officials hope that anti-U.
Bush urges full cooperation with the probe. Weapons Inspector David Kay reports that his 1, member team, the Iraq Survey Group, failed to find any biological, chemical, or nuclear weapons in Iraq. Kay acknowledged that they did find evidence that Iraq sought the capacity to create those weapons in the future. Bush used these findings as validation of his prewar claims that Iraq posed a significant security threat to the United States. The Supreme Court later upholds the ban. Army abuse of Iraqi prisoners in Abu Ghraib prison, a facility on the outskirts of Baghdad.
Bush and other senior administration officials voice deep disapproval over these abuses. Bush reiterates to Congress his call for a constitutional amendment banning same sex marriage. Still, , troops remain in Iraq. Louis, Missouri. Many view this tape as an attempt by al-Qaeda to influence the U. The Republican Party builds slightly on its majority in the House and Senate. However, he is unable to move the policy through Congress. Schiavo had been the focus of legal controversy between the wishes of her parents and those of her husband.
This marks the first visit by a Vietnamese Premier to the United States since the country reunited under Communist rule in This is the first U. The storm breaches the levee system in New Orleans, causing massive flooding and destruction of property.
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It was discussed in a op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal. And it was a very difficult sell to communicate the urgency to this. News reports say US president pressured officials in Ukraine to undertake an investigation that would damage former Vice President Joe Biden, his potential Democratic opponent in It was stunning, and, as far as I knew, nobody fought it. He claims it was with regard to a "secret police investigation" over "tribal issues", but it has been reported to relate to charges of kidnapping a Shiite teenager for ransom, and involvement in an al-Qaeda plot to kidnap a U. They then apprehended him, found that there was bomb- making material and a map of Los Angeles. We were going full tilt.
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