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Department of Energy (January)
President-elect Bush nominates outgoing Senator Spencer Abraham (R-Michigan) as Secretary of Energy.he Department announces plans to build the second largest wind power facility in the United States on part of DOE's Nevada Test Site. The MNS Wind Company will build and operate the wind farm on 664 acres of the test site.Secretary of Energy-designate Abraham appears at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. -
September 11 terrorist attack
Also known as ¨9/11¨.Very devastating day. Attack on United States. Terrorist group hijacked four airplanes. Two crashed into our famous¨twin tower¨ or World Trade Center in New York, the third one flew into the pentagon, near Washington DC. Several people were killed. -
Bush Ground Zero Speech
Bush gave this speech far all the lost souls, and the devastating event on 9/11. Three days after 9/11. In New York bush gave the speech.I can hear you! I can hear you! The rest of the world hears you! And the people -- and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon! -
War With Afghanistan
The war in Afghanistan followed the 2001 United States invasion of Afghanistan. Supported initially by Canada in the form of JTF2 and the United Kingdom, the US was later joined by the rest of NATO, beginning in 2003.The war in Afghanistan began on 27 April 1978, when the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) took power in a military coup, -
No Child Left Behind Act
The No Child Left Behind Act authorizes several federal education programs that are administered by the states. The law is a reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Under the 2002 law, states are required to test students in reading and math in grades 3–8 and once in high school. -
Us Congress authorizes the declaration of war with Iraq
President George W. Bush, surrounded by leaders of the House and Senate, announces the Joint Resolution to Authorize the Use of United States Armed Forces Against Iraq, October 2, 2002.s a joint resolution passed by the United States Congress in October 2002 as Public Law No: 107-243, authorizing military action against Iraq.[2] -
Space Shuttle Columbia self-destructs
Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrate into a 12,000mph fireball.President G. W. Bush delivered the news to the world, “The Columbia is lost, no survivors.” Space Shuttle Columbia. Columbia was returning to Earth after a successful 16-day trip to orbit.However, the seemingly healthy orbiter had suffered critical damage during its launch, when foam from the fuel tank's insulation fell off and hit Columbia's left wing, tearing a hole in it that later analysis suggested might have been . -
Bush-National Address-Declare war on Iraq
General Tommy Franks's autobiography states that, while the Afghanistan operation was only a ... President Bush received a one-page summary of the National Intelligence Estimate ... On May 1, 2003, President Bush declared the end of major combat operations in Iraq in a speech from the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln.President Bush gives a "thumbs-up" sign after declaring the end of major combat -
Operation Red Dawn
Operation Red Dawn was an American military operation conducted on 13 December 2003 in the town of ad-Dawr, Iraq, near Tikrit, that led to the capture of Iraqi president Saddam Hussein.Samir, a 34-year-old Iraqi-American military interpreter who helped find Saddam and pull him from his hideaway in December 2003 -
Flight 604
Flight 604, a Boeing 737 owned by Flash Airlines, an Egyptian airliner, plunges into the Red Sea, killing all 148 people on board.The findings of the crash investigation are controversial, with accident investigators from the different countries involved not agreeing on the cause.Flight 604's death toll was the highest of any aviation accident in It remains the deadliest accident involving a Boeing 737-300, and the deadliest involving the Boeing 737 classic series. -
9/11 Commission Report
The 9/11 Commission Report, formally named Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, is the official report of the events leading up to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. National Commission on Terrorist Attacks -
Win Re-Election
Republican Party candidate and incumbent President George W. Bush won re-election, defeating Democratic Party candidate John Kerry, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts and eventual United States Secretary of State.An elated President Bush claimed a reelection victory yesterday after a tumultuous night of vote counting and a gracious concession by challenger John F. Kerry, and he pledged that he would seek to earn the trust of those who did not back him during the long, contentious campaign -
The New Canadian War Museum
We have a new Canadian War Museum opening in Ottawa on May 8, 2005, the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe.
The museum was a long time coming. Its arrival signals a change in government attitude to embrace the premise that the sacrifices of Canadians in time of war are central to our history as a nation and must not be forgotten.It was not always so. The museum was founded in 1880 but actually vanished for 46 years, from 1896 to 1942. -
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina was the costliest natural disaster and one of the five deadliest hurricanes in the history of the United States. Highest wind speed: 174 mph
Date: August 23, 2005 – August 31, 2005
Damage: $108 billion (2005 USD); (Costliest on record)
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Saddam Hussein found guilty
Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein shouts as he receives his ... trial in the fortified 'green zone', on November 5, 2006 in Baghdad, Iraq. Saddam Hussein was charged with premeditated murder, imprisonment and the deprivation of physical movement, forced deportation, and torture. -
Democratic party takes control of both Houses
The Democratic Party secured control of the US Congress in the November 7 midterm elections, winning at least 230 out of 435 seats in the House of Representatives and holding a 51-49 margin in the Senate. The last two Senate seats fell into place Thursday, when Republicans George Allen of Virginia and Conrad Burns of Montana conceded.A total of six Senate Republican incumbents were defeated. -
Former President G. Ford dies
Following his years as President, Ford remained active in the Republican Party. After experiencing health problems, he died at home on December 26, 2006. Ford lived longer than any other U.S. president – 93 years and 165 days – while his 895-day presidency was the shortest of all presidents who did not die in office. July 14, 1913 – December 26, 2006) was an American politician who served 38th President of the United States from 1974 -1977, following the resignation of Richard Nixon. -
New troops in Iraq
In the context of the Iraq War, the surge refers to United States President George W. Bush's 2007 increase in the number of American troops in order to provide security to Baghdad and Al Anbar Province. -
Obama elected; Bush bids farewell
President Bush welcomed President-elect Barack Obama at the White House on Tuesday with a few hearty pats on the arm, a symbolic gesture to the transfer of power soon to take place.
Obama and his wife, Michelle, walked up the steps of the North Portico and exchanged handshakes, smiles and pecks on the cheeks with the outgoing president and first lady Laura Bush.
