JS-721: Progress in the War on Terrorist Financing



	FROM THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS To view or print the PDF content on this page, download the free Adobe® Acrobat® Reader®. September 11, 2003 JS-721 Progress in the War on Terrorist Financing The opening salvo in the war on terrorism was launched with a stroke of a pen on September 23, 2001 when President Bush signed Executive Order 13224, freezing the assets of terrorists and their supporters and authorizing the Secretaries of Treasury and State to identify, designate and freeze the U.S.-based assets of those who financially facilitate terrorism. President Bush’s action began an unprecedented international campaign to deter and dismantle the sources of terrorist financing. Related Documents: Progress in the War on Terrorist Financing