George W

Events (1539)

• March 7, 2001: Powell Publicly Retracts Claim of Further Negotiations with North Korea 2001-03-07
• March 7, 2001: Bush Snubs South Korean President, Refuses to Continue Nuclear Dialogue with North Korea 2001-03-07
• March 8, 2001: Vice President Cheney, Senator Hagel Undercut EPA’s Whitman on Carbon Caps 2001-03-08
• March 13, 2001: Bush Tells EPA Chief of CO2 Policy Reversal, She Suspects Cheney Is behind Altered Course 2001-03-13
• March 13, 2001: President Bush Says He Does Not Support a Mandatory Cap on Carbon Dioxide Emissions 2001-03-13
• March 15, 2001: Bush Tells Saudi Prince that Military Action in Iraq Needs to be ‘Decisive’ 2001-03-15
• March 20, 2001: Energy Advocacy Organization Sends White House Suggested Executive Order; Bush Will Issue Order 2001-03-20
• March 31, 2001: US Spy Plane Crashes in China; Chinese Strip Plane of Sensitive Equipment 2001-03-31
• April 4, 2001: Environmentalists Allowed to Meet with Cheney’s Energy Task Force 2001-04-04
• April 4-5, 2001: Powell Expresses ‘Regret’ Over US Spy Plane Crash 2001-04-04
• April 6, 2001: Rebel Leader Warns Europe and US About Large-Scale Imminent Al-Qaeda Attacks 2001-04-06
• April 8, 2001: US Refuses to Apologize for Collision of Spy Plane with Chinese Fighter 2001-04-08
• April 11, 2001: China Returns Crew of Downed US Spy Plane, Keeps Plane 2001-04-11
• April 19-20, 2001: Bush Warned ‘Bin Laden Planning Multiple Operations’ 2001-04-19
• April 25, 2001: Bush Mistakenly Redefines Twenty-Year US Policy Towards China and Taiwan, Then Backtracks 2001-04-25
• May 1, 2001: Bush Says US, Allies Must Pursue New Nuclear Policies to Face Threat of Rogue Nations, Groups 2001-05-01
• May 2, 2001: Democrats Slam Bush’s ‘New Strategic Framework’ 2001-05-02
• May 2-3, 2001: Bush Told Bin Laden’s Public Comments Suggest New Attack 2001-05-02
• May 8, 2001: Cheney to Oversee National Effort for Responding to Domestic Attacks, but No Action Is Taken before 9/11 2001-05-08
• May 11, 2001: Bush Signs Oil Lobbying Organization’s Executive Order 2001-05-11
• May 15, 2001: FEMA Director Plans to Reduce FEMA’s Role in Disaster Mitigation and Prevention 2001-05-15
• May 16-17, 2001: US Warned Bin Laden Supporters Are Inside US and Planning an Attack 2001-05-16
• May 23, 2001: White House Told Al-Qaeda May Stage Hijacking or Storm Embassy 2001-05-23
• May 25-26, 2001: Bush Told Bin Laden May Be Hinting about New Attack 2001-05-25
• May 30, 2001: FBI Is Warned of Major Al-Qaeda Operation in the US Involving Hijackings, Explosives, and/or New York City 2001-05-30
• May 30, 2001: Yemenis Are Caught Taking Suspicious New York Photos 2001-05-30
• June 1, 2001: Democrats Demand Apology for ‘Vandal Scandal’ Falsehoods 2001-06-01
• June 4, 2001: GAO to Reopen ‘Vandal Scandal’ Investigation 2001-06-04
• June 13, 2001: Egypt Warns that Bin Laden Wants to Assassinate President Bush with an Explosives-Filled Airplane 2001-06-13
• June 13, 2001: Counterterrorism Is Not Part of President Bush’s Defense Plan 2001-06-13
• June 20, 2001: Time Magazine Mentions Al-Qaeda Planning to Use Planes as Weapons 2001-06-20
• June 22, 2001: Bush Adviser Karl Rove Meets with Suspected Supporters of US-Designated Terrorist Groups 2001-06-22
• June 23, 2001: White House Warned ‘Bin Laden Attacks May Be Imminent’ 2001-06-23
• June 25, 2001: White House Warned Multiple Attacks Are Expected within Days 2001-06-25
• June 28, 2001: Clarke Warns Rice That Threat Level Has Reached a Peak 2001-06-28
• June 30, 2001: White House Warned ‘Bin Laden Planning High-Profile Attacks’ 2001-06-30
• July 2, 2001: Senior US Officials Warned Planning for Al-Qaeda Attacks Is Continuing 2001-07-02
• July 5, 2001: Bush Asks for Reports on Domestic Terror Threats 2001-07-05
• July 13, 2001: White House Warned Al-Qaeda Attack Plans Delayed but Not Abandoned 2001-07-13
• June 27-July 16, 2001: Counterterrorism Plan Delayed with More Deputies Meetings 2001-07-16
• Between July 9 and July 16, 2001: Atta and Bin Al-Shibh Discuss Targeting a Nuclear Plant 2001-07-16
• July 16, 2001: Bush Gets ‘Sense of’ Putin’s ‘Soul’ in First US-Russian Summit 2001-07-16
• July 20-22, 2001: During G8 Summit, Italian Military Prepare against Attack from the Sky 2001-07-20
• July 30, 2001: Neoconservative Accuses Iraq of Having Nuclear Weapons, Calls US ‘Cowardly’ 2001-07-30
• August 4-30, 2001: Bush Nearly Sets Record for Longest Presidential Vacation 2001-08-04
• August 4, 2001: Nothing New in Letter from President Bush to Pakistani President Musharraf 2001-08-04
• August 6, 2001: President Bush Later Recalls His Reaction to ‘Bin Laden Determined to Strike in US’ Memo 2001-08-06
• August 6, 2001: President Bush Tells CIA Regarding Bin Laden Warning, ‘You’ve Covered Your Ass, Now’ 2001-08-06
• August 6, 2001: Bush Receives Briefing Titled ‘Bin Laden Determined to Strike in US’ 2001-08-06
• August 7, 2001: Version of Bush’s Al-Qaeda Briefing Is Incomplete, Poorly Distributed 2001-08-07