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President George W. Bush Timeline

  • Terrorist Attacks

    Terrorist Attacks
    On September 11th, 2001, where a series of four strategically planned terrorist attacks occurred on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001. The attacks killed almost 3000 people, injured more than 6000, and caused $10 million in property damage and $3 trillion in total costs. One of the attacks, where two airliners, Flight 11 and Flight 175, were hijacked by terrorists and crashed into the North and South towers of the World Trade Center. A 3rd airliner, Flight 77, crashed into the pentagon.
  • Bush Ground Zero Speech

    Bush Ground Zero Speech
    Following the terrorist attacks on 9/11, President George W. Bush gave a speech at the ruins of the World Trade Center, known as Ground Zero.
  • War with Afghanistan

    War with Afghanistan
    Following the invasion of Afghanistan, initially supported by Canada in the form of JFT2 (Joint Task Force 2) and the UK, later joined by NATO in 2003. The War with Afghanistan was primarily targeted towards dismantling al-Qaeda and removing the Taliban from power.
  • No Child Left Behind Act

    No Child Left Behind Act
    NCLB Act was an "Act of Congress" that reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and included Title I provisions applying to disadvantaged students. The US Senate passed it on June 14, 2001, but wasn't signed into law until January 8, 2002.
  • US Congress authorizes the declaration of war with Iraq

    US Congress authorizes the declaration of war with Iraq
    George W. Bush surrounded with fellow congress declared state arms against Iraq on October 2nd this was known as the Iraq resolution. This declaration of war cites the many reasons as to why the US must go to war with Iraq. For instance Iraq's constant search and process of obtaining nuclear weapons, Iraq's damaged cilvilian population, and Iraq's al- Qaeda attacks on the US. Bush sought that they must be stopped.
  • Space Shuttle Colombia self-destructs

    Space Shuttle Colombia self-destructs
    George W. Bush surrounded with fellow congress declared state arms against Iraq on October 2nd this was known as the Iraq resolution. This declaration of war cites the many reasons as to why the US must go to war with Iraq. For instance Iraq's constant search and process of obtaining nuclear weapons, Iraq's damaged cilvilian population, and Iraq's al- Qaeda attacks on the US. Bush sought that they must be stopped.
  • Bush National Address-Declare war on Iraq

    Bush National Address-Declare war on Iraq
    Bush talks from the Oval office March 19th, 2003 to declare war on Iraq. Bush states that the efforts of the US and anything that may happen within war is all made to spare the lives of innocent civilians. He claims no outcome but victory will be accepted."The enemies you confront will come to know your skill and bravery. The people you liberate will witness the honorable and decent spirit of the American military"- George W. Bush.
  • Operation Red Dawn

    Operation Red Dawn
    Operation Red Dawn is a American military operation formed on December 13th, 2003 in ad-Dawr, Iraq. The operation led to the capturing of the Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. This mission was assigned the the 1st brigade combat team of the 4th infantry division. The squad was led by Col. James Hickey. After searching between the two sites "Wolverine 1" and "Wolverine 2" the division found Hussein hiding inside a spider hole.
  • 9/11 Commission Report

    9/11 Commission Report
    This was a report over the events leading up to the attacks from the al-Qaeda on September 11th, 2001. The crew interviewed over 1,200 people in 10 different countries. This included over two and a half million documents. This included security footage of hijackers that passed through airport footage, voice recordings from airlines flight 93 and eyewitnesses of passengers.
  • Wins Re-election

    Wins Re-election
    George W. Bush wins re-election against the democratic party, John Kerry on November 2nd, 2004. Bush and his vice president Dick Cheney win with no difficulties in their way. Bush wins with an electoral vote of 286 while Kerry holds 251. Bush wins with population vote of 62,040,610 and a percentage of 50.7%.
  • Hurricane Katrina

    Hurricane Katrina
    Hurricane Katrina, one of the deadliest and costliest natural disaster in the history of the United States, lasted a total of 8 days. This storm is currently ranked as the third most intense US tropical cyclone with wind speeds reaching almost 200mph and mass flooding. The water reached 6-12 miles from the gulf, covering 90% of southeastern US. The overall fatality count was at least 1200 and caused a whopping $108 billion in property damage, roughly 4 times that of Hurricane Andrew in 1992.
  • Chief Justice Roberts-Supreme Court

    Chief Justice Roberts-Supreme Court
    John Glover Roberts Jr. is the 17th and current Chief Justice of the US. On September 29, 2005, following the death of Chief Justice William Rehnquist, Roberts took his seat as Chief Justice after being nominated by President George W. Bush.
  • Saddam Hussein found guilty

    Saddam Hussein found guilty
    On November 5, 2006, Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death by hanging for the killing of 148 Shiites from Dujail, in retaliation for the assassination attempt on July 8, 1992. Just before his verdict Hussein shouted "Long live the people. Long live the Arab nation. Down with the spies. God is great."
  • Democratic party takes control of both Houses

    Democratic party takes control of both Houses
    The Democratic party secures control of the US Congress in the November 7th midterm elections, winning at least 230 of the 435 seats in the house of Representatives and holding a 51-49 margin in the Senate.
  • Former President Gerald Ford dies

    Former President Gerald Ford dies
    Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr., an American politician who served as the 38th President of the United States from 1974 to 1977 following the resignation of Richard Nixon dies at the age of 93 due to Cardiovascular Disease.
  • New Troops in Iraq

    New Troops in Iraq
    Bush sends troops to Iraq in order to maintain the number of American troops to provide security to Baghdad and Al Anbar Province in January 2007.(NO SPECIFIC DATE FOUND), known as the "Iraq War troops surge of 2007" or "The New Way Forward".
  • Obama elected (this is where poop REALLY starts to hit the fan); Bush bids farewell

    Obama elected (this is where poop REALLY starts to hit the fan); Bush bids farewell
    Barack Hussein Obama II, is an American politician who served as the 44th President of the United States.