Describe how President George W. Bush responded to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. ...

Like his father ten years earlier, President Bush sought global support for American antiterrorism efforts. For the first time in its history, NATO invoked Article 5, which stated that an attack on the United States was an attack against all members of the alliance. Negotiations then commenced with other nations to allow the U.S. military to use or fly over their territories to strike against Osama bin Laden and the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, whom Bush and the government charged as responsible for perpetrating the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. On October 7, the United States and Britain launched bombing and missile attacks on selected targets in Afghanistan with broad support from countries around the world. Months later, after driving the Taliban from power, Bush expanded the war on terrorism to include sending advisers to assist the Philippines in fighting a group of Islamic terrorists. Good students will also point to the passage of the USA Patriot Act and discuss how that legislation gives the government new and broad powers to fight the war against terrorism at home.