On February 23rd in History
Part V
Part V
On February 23rd in 2004 - Pentagon officials opened a criminal fraud investigation of Halliburton on fuel overpricing in Iraq.
On February 23rd in 2004 - The US Army cancelled a $39 billion Comanche helicopter program after spending $6.9 billion. Boeing and Sikorsky were the main contractors.
On February 23rd in 2004 - US Education Secretary Rod Paige likened the National Education Association, the nation's largest teachers union, to a "terrorist organization" during a private White House meeting with governors. Paige later called it a poor choice of words, but stood by his claim the NEA was using "obstructionist scare tactics" in its fight over the nation's education law.
On February 23rd in 2006 - A US federal judge ordered the Pentagon on to release the identities of hundreds of detainees at Guantanamo Bay to The Associated Press by March 3, a move which would force the government to break its secrecy and reveal the most comprehensive list yet of those who have been imprisoned there.
On February 23rd in 2006 - The US State Department said that North Korea has agreed to hold talks with the US on its alleged counterfeiting and money laundering activities that led to US sanctions and a breakdown in six-nation nuclear negotiations.
On February 23rd in 2007 - In Iraq US troops arrested Amar al-Hakim, the son of Iraq's top Shiite politician, as he returned to the country from Iran. He was later released and US Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad issued a rapid apology.
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