jan 1, 2001 - 2001 - Less than a month after the 9/11 attacks, the United States launched operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan without a a congressional declaration of war, involving itself militarily in Afghanistan in a conflict that would continue to the present day, albeit with much less invovlvement. The next several years would be a period of rapid executive growth for the sake of defense and security.
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jan 1, 2001
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~ 24 years ago