On March 27th in U S Political History
On March 27th in 2003 Richard Perle quit as head of the Pentagon advisory board amid allegations of conflicts of interests with his business deals.
On March 27th in 2003 In the 9th day of Operation Iraqi Freedom a British armored unit destroyed 14 Iraqi tanks trying to break out of the besieged city of Basra. A sea-borne relief operation was postponed after discovering Iraqi mines in the shipping channel leading to the recently captured Iraqi port of Umm Qasr. Heavy bombing on Baghdad destroyed a main telephone exchange.
On March 27th in 2004 The 15-nation Caribbean Community withheld recognition from Haiti's U.S.-backed interim government as leaders closed a summit renewing calls for a U.N. investigation into the ouster of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
On March 27th in 2006 The US Senate Judiciary Committee approved a proposal to legalize undocumented migrants and provide temporary work visas.
On March 27th in 2007 US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Israeli and Palestinian leaders have agreed to meet every two weeks to discuss day-to-day issues, in a quickening diplomatic pace that eventually could spur talks on a final peace settlement.
On March 27th in 2007 The US offered a $5 million reward for information leading to the capture of a US-trained Malaysian engineer accused of involvement in a series of deadly bombings in the Philippines.
On March 27th in 2007 US Attorney John Brownlee announced that ITT Corp. has agreed to pay a $100 million penalty for illegally sending classified night-vision technology to China and other countries.
On March 27th in 2007 Texas Governor Rick Perry's office said that he had signed a new law that expands Texans' existing right to use deadly force to defend themselves "without retreat" in their homes, cars and workplaces.
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