In an address at the Washington National Cathedral on September 14, 2001, President Bush said: ” ‘Just three days removed from these events [9/11], Americans do not yet have the distance of history… But our responsibility to history is already clear–to answer these attacks and rid the world of evil. War has been waged against […]
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9/14/2001
“The [Bush] administration had asked Congress for an immediate $20 billion to begin building the military and intelligence force required to start the antiterror campaign. ‘Twenty billion dollars is a lot of money,’ [Deputy Secretary of Defense] Mr. [Paul] Wolfowitz said, ‘but for this country, it is a down payment on what we’re going to […]
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On September 14, 2001, as Congress was nearing approval for the U.S. to go to war against the 9/11 attackers, “the White House presented an urgent new proposal, ‘a draft that gave the White House virtually unchecked authority and the ability to do virtually anything,’ [Democratic Senate Majority Leader Tom] Daschle [D-SD] recalled. …President Bush […]
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“AFGHANISTAN–Radio Shariat said the Taliban was ready to hand over Osama bin Laden to ‘one of the Islamic courts of the world’ if Washington could prove his involvement in the [9/11] attacks in the United States.” – “Around the World,” The New York Times, Sep. 14, 2001 […]
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On September 14, 2001, President’s Bush’s lawyers sought advice from the Justice Department regarding Bush’s use of war powers inside America. “Bush’s legal team was arguing that the President not only had power to defend the nation as he saw fit…he also had the power to override existing laws that Congress had specifically designed to […]
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"TURKEY–Foreign Minister Ismail Cem pledged the government's help in tracking down those behind the attacks, but warned Washington against turning the events into a 'fight between two religions and different cultures.' " – “Around the World,” The New York Times, Sep. 14, 2001, […]
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On September 14, 2001, “Effective at 12:15 p.m., FAA [Federal Aviation Administration] reauthorized agricultural flight operations (crop dusting) under Part 137. Effective at 4:00 p.m., DOT [Department of Transportation] approved reopening of the airspace to certain general aviation flights. Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations were permitted, except within two areas under Temporary Flight Restrictions that […]
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“The Bush administration today [September 14, 2001] singled out Osama bin Laden, the Islamic militant who operates from Afghanistan, as a prime suspect in Tuesday’s [September 11, 2001] catastrophic terror attacks and vowed a comprehensive military campaign to demolish terrorist networks and topple regimes that harbor them.” – Elisabeth Bumiller and Jane Perlez, “Bush and […]
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On September 14, 2001, the State Department “delivered to the White House a paper titled ‘Game Plan for a Political-Military Strategy for Pakistan and Afghanistan.’ The paper took it as a given that Bin Ladin would continue to act against the United States even while under Taliban control. It therefore detailed specific U.S. demands for […]
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Following the attacks on 9/11, “A few lawmakers were demanding a full declaration of war against international terrorism.” However, many lawmakers “were reluctant to make a formal declaration of war given the uncertainty over who the enemy is. ‘This is different than attacking an enemy who has a flag and a capital, with soldiers who […]