February 10, 2015

February 10 in US History P6


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On February 10th in 2002 - A spokeswoman said former Enron chairman Kenneth Lay would refuse to answer questions when he appeared before Congress under subpoena.

On February 10th in 2003 - Iraq agreed to allow U-2 surveillance flights over its territory, meeting a key demand by U.N. inspectors searching for banned weapons; President Bush, however, called Iraqi concessions too little, too late.

On February 10th in 2004 - The White House released documents on President Bush's time of service in the Air National Guard. Questions remained over his service in Alabama in 1972.

On February 10th in 2004 - The US broke ground for a new U.S. Embassy compound in the Chinese capital, billed by the American government as the largest State Department project ever built on foreign soil.

On February 10th in 2006 - FBI agents in Puerto Rico searched five homes and a business to thwart what the agency said was a "domestic terrorist attack" planned by militants favoring independence for the US island territory.

On February 10th in 2007 - In Iraq Gen. David Petraeus took command of the 135,000-strong US force.

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