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President George W. Bush speaks with Pvt. 1st Class Phillip Ramsey after signing The Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense and for The Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan in the East Room Nov. 6, 2003. “Today, the United States is making a critical financial commitment to this global strategy to defeat terror. We’re supporting our servicemen and women in the field of battle. We’re supporting reconstruction and the emergence of democratic institutions in a vital area of the world,” said President Bush during the signing ceremony.
President George W. Bush speaks with Pvt. 1st Class Phillip Ramsey after signing The Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense and for The Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan in the East Room Nov. 6, 2003. “Today, the United States is making a critical financial commitment to this global strategy to defeat terror. We’re supporting our servicemen and women in the field of battle. We’re supporting reconstruction and the emergence of democratic institutions in a vital area of the world,” said President Bush during the signing ceremony.
 
Meeting at Camp David, President George W. Bush looks over a map of Afghanistan with Chief of Staff Andy Card, left, National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, and CIA Director George Tenent Sept. 29, 2001. “This war will be fought wherever terrorists hide, or run, or plan. Some victories will be won outside of public view, in tragedies avoided and threats eliminated. Other victories will be clear to all,” said the President during a national radio address the same day. President George W. Bush welcomes Chairman of the Afghan Interim Authority Hamid Karzai to the Oval Office Jan. 28, 2002. “The United States is committed to building a lasting partnership with Afghanistan. We’ll help the new Afghan government provide the security that is the foundation for peace,” said President Bush in a joint press conference with Chairman Karzari.
President George W. Bush meets with Afghan ministers in the Oval Office July 24, 2002. Pictured from left, are: Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah; Minister of Commerce Mustafa Kazemi; Minister of Health Suhaila Siddiq; Minister of Women’s Affairs Habiba Sorabi; Minister of Reconstruction Mohammad Amin Farhang; Minister of Higher Education Sharief Fayes; and Minster of Rural Development Mohammad Hanif Atmar. President George W. Bush speaks with Pvt. 1st Class Phillip Ramsey after signing The Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense and for The Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan in the East Room Nov. 6, 2003. “Today, the United States is making a critical financial commitment to this global strategy to defeat terror. We’re supporting our servicemen and women in the field of battle. We’re supporting reconstruction and the emergence of democratic institutions in a vital area of the world,” said President Bush during the signing ceremony.
Laura Bush displays a school uniform to the press at Samuel W. Tucker Elementary School in Alexandria, Va., March 20, 2002. “A group of people from around the globe have gotten together to raise the money to send manual sewing machines to Afghanistan, so women can have jobs making uniforms. And when girls go back to school in a few weeks, they’ll have a uniform to wear to school,” explained Mrs. Bush to the press. Laura Bush meets with members of the U.S.-Afghan Women’s Council in the Yellow Oval Room June 15, 2004. The Women’s Council was established Jan. 28, 2002, to ensure Afghan women gain the skills and education that were deprived them during the years of Taliban rule.
Meeting in the Oval Office, Dr. Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, presents President George W. Bush an Afghan ballot from the first democratic election in Afghanistan Oct. 18, 2004. Despite the threat of terrorists attacks, about 8.4 million people voted in the election.

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