11 January 2002Al-QaedaGeorge Walker Bush
The 1st al-Qaeda prisoners arrive at Guantanamo Bay
Historical records for United States of America in 2002, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
The 1st al-Qaeda prisoners arrive at Guantanamo Bay
The 1st al-Qaeda prisoners arrive at Guantanamo Bay
Galileo completes its final Io flyby at an altitude of roughly 102 kilometres.
President George Bush, in his State of the Union address, describes Iran, Iraq and North Korea as an "axis of evil"
President George Bush, in his State of the Union address, describes Iran, Iraq and North Korea as an "axis of evil"
Altman commands Columbia as Servicing Mission 3B launches to replace Hubble solar arrays and install major new hardware.
Currie uses Columbia's robotic arm to capture Hubble and secure it for the servicing crew.
Linnehan helps replace Hubble's starboard solar array with a more powerful third-generation array.
Massimino helps replace a reaction wheel assembly used to control Hubble's orientation and stable pointing.
Newman helps complete installation of Hubble's new solar arrays, increasing the observatory's available electrical power.
Grunsfeld helps install a new Power Control Unit after Hubble is completely powered down for the first time in orbit.
Newman helps install the Advanced Camera for Surveys, replacing Hubble's Faint Object Camera.
Linnehan helps install an experimental cooling system that returns Hubble's NICMOS infrared instrument to operation.
Currie uses Columbia's robotic arm to release the upgraded Hubble back into orbit.
Altman commands Columbia's landing after the successful Hubble Servicing Mission 3B.
Travels to the region to press for a ceasefire after Operation Defensive Shield.
US authorities announce the arrest of an American citizen they accuse of planning to build and detonate a bomb containing radioactive material, Jose Padilla, is detained Chicago airport after arriving from Pakistan
Signs the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty with Vladimir Putin to reduce deployed strategic nuclear warheads.
Galileo magnetic measurements strengthen evidence for conductive saltwater layers inside Ganymede and Callisto.
Reunites with David Bowie for Heathen, their first full album together in many years.
Hubble images of the Pluto system provide an earlier comparison epoch later used in searches for faint satellites.
Joins Middle East policy work as the administration links Palestinian reform, Israeli security, and a two-state settlement.
Works on Middle East diplomacy as the administration develops a two-state framework after the June speech.
Calls for two states and Palestinian institutional reform as the basis for renewed Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts.
Links American support for Palestinian statehood to democratic leadership, security reform, and peaceful coexistence with Israel.
States that the United States will support a Palestinian state if Palestinian institutions are reformed and terrorism ends.
Supports interagency policy work translating the President's two-state statement into diplomatic planning.
Represents US policy in Israel as Washington promotes the President's two-state formula and Palestinian institutional reform.
Supports the President's speech and frames the two-state goal through diplomacy with Israel, Palestinians, and Arab governments.
Helps shape the administration's policy linking a Palestinian state to accountable government and security reform.
Represents US policy toward Palestinians as the administration states support for a reformed Palestinian state beside Israel.
Calls for two states and Palestinian institutional reform.
The Act strengthens corporate financial reporting, auditing and executive accountability.
Releases The Rising, responding to the September 11 attacks with the reunited E Street Band.
CIA assessments on Iraqi weapons influence the case for war.
CIA assessments on Iraqi weapons influence the case for war.
Bush begins formally making his case to the international community for an invasion of Iraq in his September 12, 2002 address to the United Nations Security Council
Bush begins formally making his case to the international community for an invasion of Iraq in his September 12, 2002 address to the United Nations Security Council. Bush begins formally making his case to the international community for an invasion of Iraq in his 12 September 2002 address to the United Nations Security Council
Bush begins formally making his case to the international community for an invasion of Iraq in his September 12, 2002 address to the United Nations Security Council
Bush begins formally making his case to the international community for an invasion of Iraq in his September 12, 2002 address to the United Nations Security Council
Hubble and Chandra observations reveal rapidly changing shocks and structures around the energetic pulsar inside the Crab Nebula.
The Bush Doctrine was used to indicate a willingness to unilaterally pursue US military interests.Some of these policies were codified in a National Security Council text entitled the National Security Strategy of the United States published on September 20, 2002. Announces the doctrine of pre-emptive military action, later termed the Bush Doctrine
UN Security Council members France and Russia made clear that they did not consider these consequences to include the use of force to overthrow the Iraqi Government
UN Resolution 1441 gives Iraq "a final opportunity to comply with its disarmament obligations" and set up inspections by the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Both the US ambassador to the UN, John Negroponte, and the UK ambassador, Jeremy Greenstock, publicly confirmed the reading of the resolution, assuring that Resolution 1441 provided no "automaticity" or "hidden triggers" for an invasion
The United Nations Security Council adopted a compromise resolution, United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441, which authorized the resumption of weapons inspections and promised "serious consequences" for non-compliance.
UN Resolution 1441 gives Iraq "a final opportunity to comply with its disarmament obligations" and set up inspections by the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
UN Security Council members France and Russia made clear that they did not consider these consequences to include the use of force to overthrow the Iraqi Government.
Both the US ambassador to the UN, John Negroponte, and the UK ambassador, Jeremy Greenstock, publicly confirmed the reading of the resolution, assuring that Resolution 1441 provided no "automaticity" or "hidden triggers" for an invasion
The United Nations Security Council adopted a compromise resolution, United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441, which authorized the resumption of weapons inspections and promised "serious consequences" for non-compliance.
UN Resolution 1441 gives Iraq "a final opportunity to comply with its disarmament obligations" and set up inspections by the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
Both the US ambassador to the UN, John Negroponte, and the UK ambassador, Jeremy Greenstock, publicly confirmed the reading of the resolution, assuring that Resolution 1441 provided no "automaticity" or "hidden triggers" for an invasion
Russian technicians begin construction of Irans first nuclear reactor at Bushehr despite strong objections from US
Russian technicians begin construction of Irans first nuclear reactor at Bushehr despite strong objections from US
UN Resolution 1441 gives Iraq "a final opportunity to comply with its disarmament obligations" and set up inspections by the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
UN Resolution 1441 gives Iraq "a final opportunity to comply with its disarmament obligations" and set up inspections by the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
UN Security Council members France and Russia made clear that they did not consider these consequences to include the use of force to overthrow the Iraqi Government. The United Nations Security Council adopted a compromise resolution, United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441, which authorized the resumption of weapons inspections and promised "serious consequences" for non-compliance
The United Nations Security Council adopted a compromise resolution, United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441, which authorized the resumption of weapons inspections and promised "serious consequences" for non-compliance
The United Nations Security Council adopted a compromise resolution, United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441, which authorized the resumption of weapons inspections and promised "serious consequences" for non-compliance
The United Nations Security Council adopted a compromise resolution, United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441, which authorized the resumption of weapons inspections and promised "serious consequences" for non-compliance
UN Resolution 1441 gives Iraq "a final opportunity to comply with its disarmament obligations" and set up inspections by the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
The day President George W. Bush and Congress agree on the joint resolution authorizing the Iraq War, Obama addresses the first high-profile Chicago anti War rally in Federal Plaza, speaking out against the war
The day President George W. Bush and Congress agree on the joint resolution authorizing the Iraq War, Obama addresses the first high-profile Chicago anti War rally in Federal Plaza, speaking out against the war
The United States Congress passed the "Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002". Authority to attack Iraq if Iraqi President Saddam Hussein does not give up his weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) and abide by previous United Nations resolutions on human rights, POWs, and terrorism
Votes for the Iraq war authorization.
The United States Congress passed the "Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002". NATO member Turkey refuses to allow the US army across its territory into northern Iraq
NATO member Turkey refuses to allow the US army across its territory into northern Iraq
NATO member Turkey refuses to allow the US army across its territory into northern Iraq
Authority to attack Iraq if Iraqi President Saddam Hussein does not give up his weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) and abide by previous United Nations resolutions on human rights, POWs, and terrorism
Authority to attack Iraq if Iraqi President Saddam Hussein does not give up his weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) and abide by previous United Nations resolutions on human rights, POWs, and terrorism
Bush to "strictly enforce through the U.N.
Security Council all relevant Security Council resolutions regarding Iraq" and "obtain prompt and decisive action by the Security Council to ensure that Iraq abandons its strategy of delay, evasion, and noncompliance and promptly and strictly complies with all relevant Security Council resolutions regarding Iraq".
The US Congresss "Joint Resolution to Authorize the Use of United States Armed Forces Against Iraq" authorized President Bush to use the Armed Forces of the United States "as he determines to be necessary and appropriate" in order to "defend the national security of the United States against the continuing
US Congress passes a "Joint Resolution to Authorize the Use of United States Armed Forces Against Iraq". The US Congresss "Joint Resolution to Authorize the Use of United States Armed Forces Against Iraq" "supported" and "encouraged" diplomatic efforts by President George W.
threat posed by Iraq; and enforce all relevant United Nations Security Council Resolutions regarding Iraq"
Bush to "strictly enforce through the U.N.
Security Council all relevant Security Council resolutions regarding Iraq" and "obtain prompt and decisive action by the Security Council to ensure that Iraq abandons its strategy of delay, evasion, and noncompliance and promptly and strictly complies with all relevant Security Council resolutions regarding Iraq".
The US Congresss "Joint Resolution to Authorize the Use of United States Armed Forces Against Iraq" authorized President Bush to use the Armed Forces of the United States "as he determines to be necessary and appropriate" in order to "defend the national security of the United States against the continuing
US Congress passes a "Joint Resolution to Authorize the Use of United States Armed Forces Against Iraq". The US Congresss "Joint Resolution to Authorize the Use of United States Armed Forces Against Iraq" "supported" and "encouraged" diplomatic efforts by President George W.
threat posed by Iraq; and enforce all relevant United Nations Security Council Resolutions regarding Iraq"
Galileo makes its final satellite encounter, passing close to the small inner moon Amalthea.
The United Nations Security Council passes United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441, offering Iraq "a final opportunity to comply with its disarmament obligations"
The United Nations Security Council passes United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441, offering Iraq "a final opportunity to comply with its disarmament obligations". The resolution threatens "serious consequences"
UN Security Council Resolution 1441 gave Iraq "a final opportunity to comply with its disarmament obligations" and set up inspections by the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Hussein accepted the resolution on 13 November and inspectors returned to Iraq under the direction of UNMOVIC chairman Hans Blix and IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei
Bush creates a bipartisan, independent commission to investigate the Sept 11, 2001
Visiting Europe for a NATO summit, Bush declares that, "should Iraqi President Saddam Hussein choose not to disarm, the United States will lead a coalition of the willing to disarm him". The Bush administration briefly used the term Coalition of the Willing to refer to the countries who supported, militarily or verbally, the military action in Iraq and subsequent military presence in post-invasion Iraq since 2003
Visiting Europe for a NATO summit, Bush declares that, "should Iraqi President Saddam Hussein choose not to disarm, the United States will lead a coalition of the willing to disarm him"
Visiting Europe for a NATO summit, Bush declares that, "should Iraqi President Saddam Hussein choose not to disarm, the United States will lead a coalition of the willing to disarm him"
Following the mandate of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441, The president of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, was forced to allow UN inspectors back to his country in November 2002.
UN Resolution 1441 was an actual enhancement of previous United Nations Security Council Resolution 687 and provided: "that Iraq shall provide UNMOVIC and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) immediate, unimpeded, unconditional, and unrestricted access to any and all, including underground, areas, facilities, buildings, equipment,
records, and means of transport which they wish to inspect, as well as immediate, unimpeded, unrestricted, and private access to all officials and other persons whom UNMOVIC or the IAEA wish to interview in the mode or location of UNMOVIC’s or the IAEA’s choice pursuant
to any aspect of their mandates"
Following the mandate of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441, The president of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, was forced to allow UN inspectors back to his country in November 2002.
UN Resolution 1441 was an actual enhancement of previous United Nations Security Council Resolution 687 and provided: "that Iraq shall provide UNMOVIC and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) immediate, unimpeded, unconditional, and unrestricted access to any and all, including underground, areas, facilities, buildings, equipment,
records, and means of transport which they wish to inspect, as well as immediate, unimpeded, unrestricted, and private access to all officials and other persons whom UNMOVIC or the IAEA wish to interview in the mode or location of UNMOVIC’s or the IAEA’s choice pursuant
to any aspect of their mandates"
States regarding Iraqi WMD: "The problem here is that there will always be some uncertainty about how quickly he can acquire nuclear weapons. But we don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud". After Iraq denied weapons of mass destruction to the United Nations, Rice writes an editorial for The New York Times entitled "Why We Know Iraq Is Lying"
After Iraq denied weapons of mass destruction to the United Nations, Rice wries an editorial for The New York Times entitled "Why We Know Iraq Is Lying"
After Iraq denied weapons of mass destruction to the United Nations, Rice writes an editorial for The New York Times entitled "Why We Know Iraq Is Lying. After Iraq denied weapons of mass destruction to the United Nations, Rice writes an editorial for The New York Times entitled "Why We Know Iraq Is Lying"
Orders the construction by 2004 of a limited missile defense shield
The US accuses Iran of seeking to develop a secret nuclear weapons programme and publishes satellite images of two nuclear sites under construction at Natanz and Arak
The US accuses Iran of seeking to develop a secret nuclear weapons programme and publishes satellite images of two nuclear sites under construction at Natanz and Arak
Training Day brings Washington the Academy Award for Best Actor.
Directs and stars in Blood Work, a crime thriller based on Michael Connelly's novel.
Publication of "Bush at War"
Produces Catch Me if You Can
Appears in Catch Me if You Can
Frames Iraq policy around disarmament, United Nations pressure and possible allied military action against Saddam Hussein's regime.
Brown and Chad Trujillo identify the large Kuiper Belt object Quaoar in Palomar survey images.
Tours with Manzarek in a revived Doors-related project.
Reunites with Robby Krieger for a touring project.
Galileo results support the presence of extremely thin surface-bound exospheres around Europa, Ganymede and Callisto.
Directs, Gangs of New York
Both the US ambassador to the UN, John Negroponte, and the UK ambassador, Jeremy Greenstock, publicly confirmed the reading of the resolution, assuring that Resolution 1441 provided no "automaticity" or "hidden triggers" for an invasion.
Bush to "strictly enforce through the U. N.
The Bush administration briefly used the term Coalition of the Willing to refer to the countries who supported, militarily or verbally, the military action in Iraq and subsequent military presence in post-invasion Iraq since 2003.
Visiting Europe for a NATO summit, Bush declares that, "should Iraqi President Saddam Hussein choose not to disarm, the United States will lead a coalition of the willing to disarm him".
threat posed by Iraq; and enforce all relevant United Nations Security Council Resolutions regarding Iraq".
Galileo observations establish that Io's volcanic activity is vastly more extensive and energetic than volcanism on modern Earth.
Galileo measurements reveal complex electrical currents and plasma interactions linking Io with Jupiter's magnetosphere.
Stars in Live from Baghdad
Stars in Men in Black II
Publication of "Middlesex"
Stars in Minority Report
Publication of ."Mrs. Paines Garage and the Murder of John F. Kennedy", Ruth Paine is absolved of any guilt
Publication of ."Mrs. Paines Garage and the Murder of John F. Kennedy", Ruth Paine is absolved of any guilt
Holman leads a deep survey that begins revealing previously unknown irregular moons in distant orbits around Neptune.
Publication of ."Mrs. Paines Garage and the Murder of John F. Kennedy", Ruth Paine is absolved of any guilt
Publication of ."Mrs. Paines Garage and the Murder of John F. Kennedy", Ruth Paine is absolved of any guilt
Caldwell examines dark energy with an equation-of-state value below minus one, introducing the phantom-energy possibility beyond conventional quintessence.
Publication of "Prey"
Allen wins the Prince of Asturias Award
Trujillo and Brown use Hubble observations to obtain the first direct resolved size measurement of a Kuiper Belt object.
Last screen appearance in "Road to Perdition"
Pitney is elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Publication of "Seek My Face"
Senior Fellow and Senior Research Scholar at the Columbia University Center for International Conflict Resolution, where he works to help end or avert conflicts between nations
Sports Illustrated magazine names him Sportsman of the Year
The 2002 decision by the Bush Administration to withdraw from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty all but kills START III
Publication of "The Little Friend"
Publication of "The Lovely Bones"
Winner of the Tour de France, 4th time
Scott Ritter stated that, as of 1998, 90-95% of Iraq's nuclear, biological and chemical capabilities, and long-range ballistic missiles capable of delivering such weapons, had been verified as destroyed
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