On August 31st in US Political History
Part VII
Part VII
On August 31st in 2007 President Bush met privately at the Pentagon with the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who conveyed their concern about a growing strain on troops and their families from long and repeated combat tours in Iraq. Bush also announced a set of modest proposals to deal with an alarming rise in mortgage defaults.
On August 31st in 2007 A federal appeals court allowed the US Navy to resume underwater sonar blasts in anti-submarine warfare tests off of Southern California, saying military needs come before whales. A federal judge ruled that giant pumps in northern California supplying water to southern California were killing smelt and would have to be shut down for much of the year.
On August 31st in 2009 Florida’s Gov. Crist signed a 20-year gambling pact with the Seminole Indian tribe, which agreed to pay Florida $12.5 million a month for 30 months for running, currently illegal, slot machines and blackjack games.
On August 31st in 2010 President Barack Obama marked the symbolic end of US combat operations in Iraq. Vice President Biden presided over the formal end to US combat operations in Iraq. Vice President Biden made a new appeal to Iraqi leaders, including PM Nouri al-Maliki, to end the political deadlock and seat a new government.
On August 31st in 2011 Nebraska governor Dave Heineman urged President Obama's administration to deny a key permit for Trans-Canada's Keystone XL crude oil pipeline from Alberta, Canada to the Gulf Coast of Texas on the grounds that the line could put the Ogallala Aquifer at risk.
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