The invasion occurred Coming_to_be as part of a declared war against international terrorism and its sponsors under the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush following the September 11 terrorist attacks .

In October 2002 , Congress authorized Preventing_or_letting President Bush to use Using military force against Iraq should he choose Choosing to .

The Bush administration based its rationale for the war principally on the assertion that Iraq , which had been viewed Perception_active by the U.S. as a rogue state since the 1990–1991 Gulf War , supposedly possessed an active weapons of mass destruction ( WMDs ) program , and that the Iraqi government posed Causation a threat to the United States and its coalition allies .

Bush administration officials made Manufacturing numerous assertions about a purported Saddam-Al-Qaeda relationship and WMDs that were based on sketchy evidence , and which intelligence officials pushed Motion back on .

The law strengthening Cause_change_of_strength the NICS was signed Sign_agreement by President George W. Bush on January 5 , 2008 .

Many other government officials were criticized Judgment_communication for their responses Response , especially New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin , Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco , and President George W. Bush .

This early stage of the war Military_operation formally ended Process_end on 1 May 2003 when U.S. President George W. Bush declared Expressing_publicly the `` End Process_end of major combat operations Military_operation '' , after which the Coalition Provisional Authority ( CPA ) was established Creating as the first of several successive transitional governments leading up to the first Iraqi parliamentary election Change_of_leadership in January 2005 .

According to U.S. President George W. Bush and U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair , the coalition aimed Aiming `` to disarm Removing Iraq of weapons of mass destruction , to end Process_end Saddam Hussein 's support Supporting for terrorism Terrorism , and to free Releasing the Iraqi people . ''

In a January 2003 CBS poll Research , 64 % of Americans had approved Agree_or_refuse_to_act of military action against Iraq ; however , 63 % wanted Request Bush to find Creating a diplomatic solution rather than go to war Military_operation , and 62 % believed Know the threat Terrorism of terrorism Terrorism directed Aiming against the U.S. would increase Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale due to war .

On 1 May President George W. Bush declared Expressing_publicly an end Process_end to major combat operations Military_operation : this ended Process_end the invasion period and began Process_start the period of military occupation .

The rest of those indicted Criminal_investigation or convicted Legal_rulings were all pardoned Rewards_and_punishments in the final days of the presidency of George H. W. Bush , who had been Vice President at the time of the affair .

On April 12 , 1995—two weeks after her death—then-Texas governor George W. Bush declared Expressing_publicly her birthday Selena Day in Texas .

The funeral was attended Participation by 32 heads of state , 15 heads of government , 14 foreign ministers and four princes ; U.S. President Ronald Reagan sent Sending George H. W. Bush , the Vice President of the United States .

The Shepherd 's Bush murders , also known as the Massacre of Braybrook Street , involved Participation the murder of three police officers in London by Harry Roberts and two others in 1966 .

With local police overwhelmed in controlling Control the situation , Governor of California Pete Wilson sent Sending in the California Army National Guard , and President George H. W. Bush deployed Arranging the 7th Infantry Division and the 1st Marine Division .

No formal invocation of presidential succession took place Process_start , although Secretary of State Alexander Haig stated Statement that he was `` in control Control here '' while Vice President George H. W. Bush returned Arriving to Washington .

The South African Border War , also known as the Namibian War of Independence , and sometimes denoted Writing in South Africa as the Angolan Bush War , was a largely asymmetric conflict Hostile_encounter that occurred Presence in Namibia ( then South West Africa ) , Zambia , and Angola from 26 August 1966 to 21 March 1990 .

During the Rhodesian Bush War two rival nationalist parties , Robert Mugabe 's Zimbabwe African National Union ( ZANU ) and Joshua Nkomo 's Zimbabwe African People 's Union ( ZAPU ) , had emerged Coming_to_be to challenge Rhodesia 's predominantly white government .

The Rhodesian Bush War—also called Name_conferral the Second Chimurenga and the Zimbabwe War of Liberation—was a civil conflict Hostile_encounter from July 1964 to December 1979 in the unrecognised country of Rhodesia ( later Zimbabwe-Rhodesia ) .

The Central African Republic Bush War Hostile_encounter was a civil war Hostile_encounter in the Central African Republic between Union of Democratic Forces for Unity ( UFDR ) rebels and government forces .

In late April 2007 Congress passed a supplementary spending bill for Iraq that set Placing a deadline for troop withdrawal but President Bush vetoed Agree_or_refuse_to_act this bill , citing his concerns about setting a withdrawal deadline .

The scenes of devastation on the road are some of the most recognizable images of the war Hostile_encounter , and it has been suggested Convincing that they were a factor in President George H. W. Bush 's decision to declare Expressing_publicly a cessation of hostilities the next day .

U.S. president George W. Bush first used Using the term `` war on terrorism '' on 16 September 2001 , and then `` war on terror '' a few days later in a formal speech to Congress .

In the latter speech , George Bush stated Statement , `` Our enemy is a radical network of terrorists and every government that supports them . ''

In February 2007 , United States President George W. Bush announced Expressing_publicly the establishment of the United States Africa Command which took over Conquering all of the area of operations of CJTF-HOA in October 2008 .

The explosions Attack occurred Presence around midday at Shepherd 's Bush , Warren Street and Oval stations on the London Underground , and on London Buses route 26 in Bethnal Green on Hackney Road .

The Slovakia Summit 2005 was a summit Social_event meeting Social_event between United States President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin ( hence also known as the Bush-Putin summit ) .

Also attending Participation was Condoleezza Rice ( U.S. Secretary of State ) and Sergey Lavrov ( Russian Foreign Minister ) as well as the first ladies of both presidents , Laura Bush and Liudmila Putina .

Bush 's European trip Traveling before the summit Social_event .

Prior to the summit Social_event , Bush had travelled Traveling to Brussels and met with Come_together several European leaders and councils of the European Union and NATO , including Tony Blair , Silvio Berlusconi , Jacques Chirac , and Javier Solana .

China sent Sending an emergency alert Warning to Washington , D.C. , through the U.S. embassy in Beijing at which time President George W. Bush was told Telling by National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley `` shortly after '' 10 p.m. ( UTC-5 ) that a test Research was imminent .

Together with the UK prime minister Margaret Thatcher , who had resisted Defending the invasion by Argentina of the Falkland Islands a decade earlier , American President George H. W. Bush deployed Arranging US forces into Saudi Arabia , and urged Convincing other countries to send Sending their own forces to the scene .