Seventh in a series of chronological posts from the first days of the Bush administration through the aftermath of the Iraq war.

 
March – April – May 2001.   Throughout the spring of 2001, administration neo-consolidation and personnel appointments along the same lines continue, installing a phalanx of officials in sensitive security positions bent on war with Iraq. March 2001:

March 2, 2001 – Paul Wolfowitz, who supports ‘regime change’ in Iraq, is sworn in as Deputy Secretary of Defense.

March 2001 – Vice President Cheney’s energy task force, officially named the National Energy Policy ...   more »