December 29th in US History
Part IV
Part IV
On December 29th in 2000 President-elect Bush filled four more Cabinet slots. Naming Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson as head of the Dept. of Health and Human Services. (Thompson was soon criticized for his ties to tobacco interests.) Colorado Attorney General Gale A. Norton was nominated as interior secretary, Houston schools chief Rod Paige as secretary of education and Anthony J. Principi to return as secretary to the Department of Veterans Affairs.
On December 29th in 2001 US airstrikes in Afghanistan’s Paktia province were later reported to have killed up to 100 villagers.
On December 29th in 2002 Secretary of State Colin Powell, making the rounds of the Sunday television talk shows, said there was still time to find a diplomatic resolution to North Korea's development of nuclear weapons, and that the situation hadn't yet reached the crisis stage.
On December 29th in 2003 The Bush administration said it will require international air carriers in certain cases to place armed law enforcement officers on cargo and passenger flights to, from and over the United States.
On December 29th in 2004 President Bush assembled a four-nation coalition to organize humanitarian relief for Asia and made clear the United States would help bankroll long-term rebuilding in the region leveled by a massive earthquake and tsunamis.
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