closing chapter and a coda to the speech that started it. >> good afternoon. on my orders, the united states military has begun strikes against al qaeda terrorist training camps and military installations of the taliban regime in afghanistan. now the taliban will pay a price. the name of today's military operation is enduring freedom. we will not waiver, we will not tire, we will not falter and we will not fail. >> that, of course, was then-president george w. bush announcing the start of the bombing campaign that began on the night of october 7th, 2001, in kabul. it's also where the last u.s. plane carrying american forces lifted off 7,269 days later,