How did the united states respond to the terrorist attack on september 11, 2001?

President Bush authorized Operation Enduring Freedom and invaded Afghanistan in response to the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001.

"Operation Enduring Freedom" is the official name that the United States Government gave to the Afghanistan War, as well as a number of smaller military actions, in the context of the "War on Terror."

After the September 11, 2001 attacks, the U.S. government reacted immediately carrying out investigations, legislative changes, military action as along with restoration projects. As a result of investigations into the motivations and execution of the attacks, they declared War on Terrorism which resulted in the ongoing military engagements in Afghanistan and subsequently Iraq.

what are local authorities doing to fix the problem

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affirmative action refers to the policies that take gender, race, or ethnicity into account in order to promote equal opportunity.

employers subject to title vii are prohibited from taking race or sex into account in any employment decisions. aa is a penalty for having any job group substantially statistically "underutilized" in any race or either sex. the employer must take steps to eliminate the underutilization, then stop, ending its aa efforts