After the attacks of September 11, 2001, ______________________.

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The attacks of September 11, 2001, led President Bush, Vice President Cheney, and Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld to seriously consider the idea of toppling the Saddam Hussein government in Iraq. This eventually led to the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003. There was no definitive evidence at the time that Saddam Hussein was about to build a nuclear weapon or that he was involved in the 9/11 attacks. The response of the Bush administration was initially criticized as slow, but they did eventually take action in the form of military intervention in Afghanistan and Iraq. There is no evidence to suggest that Saddam Hussein was part of the Al Qaeda plot to attack the United States.

After the Attacks of September 11, 2001, ______________________