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September 11 – Thousands of people in New York City and across the nation attend ceremonies as the United States commemorates the first anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. September 12 – Iraq disarmament crisis : U.S. President George W. Bush addresses the U.N., and challenges its members to confront the "grave and gathering danger" of Iraq ...
The United States withdraws from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty with Russia. [109] June 14 – Russia withdraws from the START II nuclear reduction agreement with the United States. [110] June 22 – 2002 Bou'in-Zahra earthquake: A 6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes north-western Iran, killing over 200 people. [111]
In 2001, stock prices took a sharp downturn (some say "stock market crash" or "the Internet bubble bursting") in stock markets across the United States, Canada, Asia, and Europe. After recovering from lows reached following the September 11 attacks , indices slid steadily starting in March 2002, with dramatic declines in July and September ...
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February 4 – President Bush presents Congress with a wartime budget of $2.1 trillion, which sees a return to deficit spending by the federal government. [7]February 7 – President Bush signs the "Humane Treatment of Taliban and al Qaeda Detainees" memorandum, reversing American's commitments to parts of the Geneva Convention.
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The 2002 United States elections were held on November 5, in the middle of Republican President George W. Bush's first term. Republicans won unified control of Congress, picking up seats in both chambers of Congress, making Bush the first president since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1934 to gain seats in both houses of Congress.
July 24- James Traficant was expelled from the United States House of Representatives after being convicted of ten felony counts. July 27- New Zealand holds a general election, which Helen Clark's left-wing Labour Party wins, in coalition with the Progressive Party and confidence and supply from the United Future Party.