12/15/1993

“In December 1993, Defense Secretary Les Aspin launched a counterproliferation program that included initiatives to prevent WMD attacks by, among other things, developing preemptive weapons that could penetrate underground bunkers to destroy chemical and biological arsenals.” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.]

 – Lawrence F. Kaplan and William Kristol, The War Over Iraq, Page 87