After the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the United States military entered into a war against global terrorism. On October 7, 2001, the President began the U.S. response in the War on Terrorism with the stroke of his pen to seize terrorists’ financial assets and disrupt their fundraising network. Unlike previous conflicts, this war is being fought on both domestic and foreign soil. The military response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States was assigned the name Operation Enduring Freedom.

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