December 29th in US History
Part VI
Part VI
On December 29th in 2010 President Barack Obama bypassed Congress to name the first US ambassador to Syria in nearly six years. Obama tookthe controversial step of forcing through the appointments of Ambassador Robert Ford and five other officials while the Senate, which normally needs to confirm nominations, was out of session.
On December 29th in 2011 The Obama administration announced an arms deal with Saudi Arabia valued at nearly $30 billion. It included 84 F-15 fighter jets.
On December 29th in 2011 Virginia Republican Gov. Robert McDonnell signed off on state rules to regulate abortion clinics like hospitals.
On December 29th in 2012 President Barack Obama arrived in Afghanistan to sign an agreement to ensures US financial and military support for another decade after the US officially withdraws its combat troops from Afghanistan in 2014.
On December 29th in 2012 President Barack Obama signed an order giving the Treasury Department power to take action against foreign individuals and companies who try to go around existing US sanctions against Syria and Iran. The order allows those individuals or companies to be publicly identified by the Treasury Department and banned from accessing US financial and commercial systems.
On December 29th in 2012 The FBI arrested five men on suspicion of plotting a bomb attack on the Route 82 Brecksville-Northfield High Level Bridge and other locations in the Cleveland area. The five were plotting to detonate the explosives during a protest in Cleveland.
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