Us Department Of State
Events (360)
- March 15, 1962: US State Department Discusses Toppling President of Guyana 1962-03-15
- January 29, 1976: Pike Committee Report Criticizing US Intelligence Agencies Is Suppressed 1976-01-29
- December 1, 1980: State Department Report Finds Pakistan May Explode Nuclear Bomb within a Year 1980-12-01
- After June 2, 1981: US Misrepresents Its Knowledge of Pakistan’s Nuclear Program in Cable to Israel 1981-06-02
- June 23, 1983: State Department Drafts Report Mapping Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons Program 1983-06-23
- January 14, 1984: Murphy Memo Details Further Arming of Iraq, Deception of Congress 1984-01-14
- January 20, 1984: State Department Designates Iran as Terrorism Sponsor 1984-01-20
- February 23, 1984: Soviets Reach Out to Reagan for Renewal of ‘Positive’ Dialogue 1984-02-23
- February 29, 1984: State Department Pushes Ex-Im Bank to Fund Aqaba Oil Pipeline 1984-02-29
- March 5, 1984: State Department Publicly Condemns Iraq’s Use of Chemical Weapons 1984-03-05
- March 6, 1984: State Department Confirms Iraqi Use of Chemical Weapons 1984-03-06
- March 9, 1984: State Officials Urges Ex-Im to Fund Iraq 1984-03-09
- March 30, 1984: State Dept Denies US Involvement in Iraqi Chemical Weapons Use 1984-03-30
- April 10, 1984: Bell, State Department Discuss Sale of Helicopters to Iraq 1984-04-10
- May 9, 1984: State Department Supports Increasing Sales of ‘Dual-Use’ Nuclear Technology to Iraq 1984-05-09
- April 19, 1985 and After: Prominent Neoconservative Becomes Influential State Department Official 1985-04-19
- February 7-8, 1986: CIA, State Department Officials Worry about North’s Connections to Humanitarian Funds 1986-02-07
- July 23, 1986: CIA Director Casey Plots to Break Stalled Arms-for-Hostages Deal 1986-07-23
- August 5, 1986: Covert Arms Sales to Iraq Nearly Revealed 1986-08-05
- November 13, 1986: Reagan Denies Iran Arms Deals in Address to Nation 1986-11-13
- November 25-28, 1986: Senator Accuses Iran-Contra Figure of Lying to Congress 1986-11-25
- September 8, 1988: State Official Says Economic Sanctions Against Iraq Harmful to US 1988-09-08
- February 15, 1989: Former Solicitor General: Pentagon Papers ‘Never’ Posed ‘Any Trace of a Threat’ to National Security 1989-02-15
- March 24, 1989: State Department Ignores Iraq’s Chemical Weapons Industry, Advocates Broadening US-Iraq Ties 1989-03-24
- October 2-6, 1989: Bush Authorizes Closer Ties, More Aid to Iraq 1989-10-02
- May 28-30, 1990: Hussein Says Oil Production by Neighbors Constitutes ‘Economic Warfare’ against Iraq 1990-05-28
- July 31, 1990: State Department Official Confirms US Has No Mutual Defense Treaty with Kuwait 1990-07-31
- August 8, 1990: New York Times Prints Details of Meeting between Hussein and US Diplomat Wilson 1990-08-08
- August 17, 1990: Iraq Promises that All Americans Can Leave Region under Geneva, Vienna Conventions 1990-08-17
- January 16, 1991 and After: ’Operation Desert Storm’: US Launches Massive Air Assault against Iraq 1991-01-16
- Shortly After January 11, 1992: US Tacitly Supports Algerian Government’s Cancellation of Elections 1992-01-11
- August 12, 1993 and Shortly Thereafter: US Declares Sudan a Terrorism Sponsor; Bin Laden Placed on US Watch List 1993-08-12
- December 16, 1994-May 1995: Osama’s Brother-in-Law Khalifa Is Arrested in US 1994-12-16
- October 21, 1995: Clinton Launches Interagency Effort to Track Bin Laden’s Money; Effort Fizzles 1995-10-21
- July 18, 1996: State Department Calls Afghanistan an ‘Ideal Haven’ for Bin Laden 1996-07-18
- August 14, 1996: ’Al-Qaeda’ First Mentioned in US Media 1996-08-14
- August 14, 1996: State Department Calls Bin Laden One of Most Significant Terrorism Sponsors in the World 1996-08-14
- September 27, 1996: Victorious Taliban Supported by Pakistan; Viewed by US, Unocal as Stabilizing Force 1996-09-27
- July 31, 1997: Islamic Extremist Suicide Attack in New York City Narrowly Averted 1997-07-31
- August 21, 1997: US Raids Al-Qaeda Cell Member’s House but Fails to Stop Embassy Bombing Plot 1997-08-21
- October 7, 1997: US Declares Abu Sayyaf and GIA Foreign Terrorist Organizations, But Not Al-Qaeda 1997-10-07
- February 5, 1998: US Rejects Sudanese Al-Qaeda Files that Could Stop Embassy Bombings 1998-02-05
- June 12, 1998: State Department Issues Warning of Bin Laden Attack, but Not in Africa 1998-06-12
- August 4-19, 1998: US Refuses Extradition of Two Embassy Bombers 1998-08-04
- August 22, 1998: Mullah Omar Calls State Department and Expresses Interest in Confidential Dialogue 1998-08-22
- August 23, 1998: US Warns Taliban of Bin Laden’s Activities but Fails to Provide Detailed Evidence 1998-08-23
- August 20-September 2, 1998: US Not Interested in Two Apparent Embassy Bombers Held in Sudan; Pakistani ISI Lets Them Escape 1998-09-02
- October 31, 1998: Clinton Signs Law Making It US Policy to Remove Hussein in Iraq 1998-10-31
- (October 25-November 20, 1998): Bin Laden Tried by Taliban for Embassy Bombings, Set Free After US Does Not Provide Much Evidence 1998-11-20
- April 2, 1999: Bosnian Muslim Army Caught Smuggling Weapons to KLA in Kosovo 1999-04-02