Ka tīmata te Pirimia Ahitereiria John Howard i Washington DC i roto i te whakaeke i te Tuhinga IV o te ANZUS tiriti. kauwhautia te whakahaere Bush te War i runga i Terror, ki te whāinga kī o te kawe bin Laden me al-Qaeda ki te whakawa, me te ārai i te putanga o ētahi atu whatunga kaiwhakatuma. kia tutuki enei whāinga mā te whakatakoto i te ārai ohaoha, me te hōia hōia ki te whenua ki nga whenua e whāngai ana kaiwhakatuma, me te whakanui ake i te mātakitaki ao, me te tirotirohanga matauranga. i runga i Mahuru 14, 2001, haere te US Congress te Whakaaetanga mo te Whakamahi o te Force Military Against Terrorists. Heoi, i roto i te whakawātea, ka taea e te peresideni o Ahitereiria ki te whakamahi i te mana 5 i tuhituhia i roto i te Cold War ki te whakaeke i te Soviet Union i roto i te ngakau. te Pirimia Ahitereiria John Howard i i i roto i Washington DC i te whakaeke i karanga Tuhinga IV o te ANZUS tiriti. ka korerotia te
mā te whakatakoto i ngā herenga ohaoha me te hōia ki ngā whenua e whakamana ana i ngā kaiwhakatuma, me te whakanui ake i te tirotiro ao me te whakawhitiwhiti mōhiohio.