On February 13th in Political History
Part VI
Part VI
On February 13th in 2004 - President Bush, trying to calm a political storm, ordered the release of his Vietnam-era military records to counter Democrats' suggestions that he'd shirked his duty in the Texas Air National Guard.
On February 13th in 2004 - San Francisco issued 665 same-sex marriage licenses as hundreds more couples rushed to tie the knot.
On February 13th in 2005 - Iran rejected a European demand to stop building a heavy water nuclear reactor in return for a light-water reactor.
On February 13th in 2006 - US government investigators told the Senate that FEMA has let nearly 11,000 unused manufactured homes deteriorate on old runways and open fields in Arkansas, and spent $416,000 per person to house a few hundred Hurricane Katrina evacuees for a short time in Alabama last fall. Auditors reported that millions of dollars in disaster aid had been squandered, paying for such items as a $450 tattoo and $375-a-day beachfront condos.
On February 13th in 2007 - With Democrats in control, House members debated Iraq in an emotional and historic faceoff over a war that Speaker Nancy Pelosi condemned as a commitment with "no end in sight."
On February 13th in 2007 - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the the US plans to cancel $391 million in outstanding debt owed by Liberia.
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