war on terrorism: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date	2001 - c. 2013
Context	September 11 attacks

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In 2015, the U.S. spent more than six times as much of its budget on Homeland Security as on the National Science Foundation.

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Infographic bar graph comparing U.S. death tolls from major events, with COVID-19 at over 1.1 million deaths, the Civil War and 1918-19 flu pandemic each above 675,000, and smaller bars for wars, pandemics, and disasters such as World War II, the Vietnam War, and September 11.

September 11 attacks; war on terrorism

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Key People

George W. Bush

George W. Bush

president of United States