On April 11th in U S Political History
Part V
On April 11th in 1995 President Clinton expressed sympathy for Pakistan's anger over the blocked sale of American fighter jets, telling visiting PM Benazir Bhutto that it was "not right" for the United States to keep the planes and refuse to give the money back. Pakistan received jets in 2005
On April 11th in 2002 US Sec. of State Colin Powell arrived in Israel to push for peace talks.
On April 11th in 2002 In Ohio Rep. James A Traficant Jr. (60), Democrat from Youngstown, was convicted on 10 felony counts of racketeering and corruption. Traficant was later expelled from Congress and sentenced to eight years in prison.
On April 11th in 2002 The US House responded to the Enron collapse by voting to add more worker protections to pension laws
On April 11th in 2003 US Congress approved a $2.2 trillion budget with Vice pres. Cheney casting the tie-breaking vote. It limited a tax cut to half of what Pres. Bush proposed.
On April 11th in 2003 In the 24th day of Operation Iraqi Freedom the northern city of Mosul fell into US and Kurdish hands after an entire corps of the Iraqi army surrendered. The Pentagon said no major military forces remain in the country. Defense Sec. Rumsfeld called Iraqi looting and chaos a natural “untidiness” that accompanies the transition from tyranny to freedom. The US military issued a most-wanted list in the form of a deck of 55 cards.
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