Milestones

Wed., Nov. 8, 2000

Ten years ago: President Bush ordered a new round of troop deployments in the Persian Gulf, adding up to 150,000 soldiers to the allied force facing off against Iraq.

Five years ago: Retired Gen. Colin Powell embraced the Republican Party, but said he would not run for president or any other political office in 1996 because it was “a calling that I do not yet hear.”

One year ago: Israel and Palestine launched landmark talks, giving themselves an ambitious 100-day deadline to craft the broad outlines of a peace agreement. Former President Bush was honored in Germany for his role in the fall of the Berlin Wall 10 years earlier. President Clinton participated in a “virtual town hall meeting” on the Internet, answering questions from online users.

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