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despicable acts of terror. >> the world before 9/11 looks different than the world after 9/11. >> every nation has a choice to make. in this conflict, there is no neutral ground. >> the facts show that saddam hussein and his regime are concealing their efforts to produce weapons of mass destruction. >> in this battle against terrorism, there is no silver bullet. ♪ ♪ >> today, america is again forging its future by choosing a man to lead it into the 21st century. this is cnn's coverage of election 2000. >> this is the last official stop of campaign 2000. [ cheers and applause ] >>...

This is too much, but at the time, in the aftermath of the anger and shock and horror, there's very strong support from both parties to pass it. - this government will enforce this law with all the urgency of a nation at war. - the politics of the time led to america's sort of tough war attitude. we were gonna fight them here, and we were gonna fight them abroad. - operation enduring freedom, the u.s. retaliation against osama bin laden and afghanistan's taliban rulers is under way. u.s. tomahawk cruise missiles delivered the first blows, hitting military targets near the capital city of kabul...

And they created what they called the "global war on terror." >> president bush plans to sign the anti-terrorism bill into law today after it was overwhelmingly approved by the senate. the legislation gives sweeping new powers to law enforcement, including expanded wiretapping and surveillance authority. >> the most important part of the patriot act is the power of surveillance. some people are privately worried this is too much, but at the time, in the aftermath of the anger and shock and horror, there's very strong support from both parties to pass it. >> this government will enforce this la...

Didn't stop the push for war. and what depressed me was how gullible the country had become. ted kennedy was the one noble exception calling his vote against the iraq resolution the most important of his storied career. we covered the iraq war most intently in the months leading up to it and most passionately in opposing it. >> we should not go to war with iraq unless we have solid evidence that they were connected with the september 11th attack. why are we getting a pr campaign being run in the american media pushing us to war with iraq? why is everybody pushing this war attitude, the drum be...

In the fall of 2001 in the weeks after 9/11 i began to catch whiffs of war. people like vice president dick cheney and large spaces in the op-ed part of the newspapers were pushing for war with iraq. there was no real evidence iraq had anything to do with the september 11th attacks, but that didn't stop the push for war. and what depressed me was how gullible the country had become. ted kennedy was the one noble exception calling his vote against the iraq resolution the most important of his storied career. we covered the iraq war most innenti inintently in the months leading up to it and most...