Prior to becoming Chairman, he served as the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from March 2000 to September 2001.

Prior to 1871 the government of the United States regularly entered into treaties with Americans of the United States but the Indian Appropriations Act of March 3, 1871 ( ch.

Prior to a manned spaceflight, the Soviets launched several precursor unmanned missions between May 1960 and March 1961, to test and develop the Vostok rocket and Vostok spacecraft technology.

Prior to the release of Dr. No – and unconnected with the book itself – Bernard Bergonzi, in the March 1958 issue of Twentieth Century attacked Fleming's work, saying that it contained " a strongly marked streak of voyeurism and sado-masochism " and that the books showed " the total lack of any ethical frame of reference ".

Prior to the release of this tape, President Nixon had denied political motivations in his instructions to the CIA, and claimed he had no knowledge prior to March 21, 1973 of any involvement by senior campaign officials such as John Mitchell.

Prior to 1962, in addition to comics published through Dell, Western published some comics under its own name, particularly giveaways such as March of Comics and the annual kite safety title ( which featured an array of licensed characters ) published over a span of 32 years for power utility companies.

Prior to its formal founding, the area was the site of several American Revolutionary War battles: Williams ' Plantation, Dec. 31, 1780 ; Mud Lick, March 2, 1781 ; and Bush River, May 1781.

Prior to these changes, The Independent had a daily circulation of around 217, 500, the lowest of any major national British daily, climbing to claim a 15 % rise by March 2004 ( to 250, 000 ).

Prior to March 2009 digital music files with digital rights management were available for purchase from the iTunes Store encoded in a proprietary derivative of the AAC format that used Apple's FairPlay DRM system.

Prior to the establishment of the village of Harrisburg a post office named Big Darby Post Office had been established on March 13, 1834, and the name was changed to Harrisburgh Post Office on February 18, 1835.

Prior to official release on VHS and Laserdisc in 1996, the film was re-released to select theaters on March 8, 1996 taking in $ 550, 000.

Prior to March 11, 2009, XMRO was included with XM Radio subscriptions, or was available separately for $ 7. 99 / month to Internet-only subscribers.

Prior to his death on 1 March 2006 following a heart attack at a family funeral, he was involved in football related media work and was well known on the after dinner speaker circuit.

Prior to 28 March 2006, the Black Watch was an infantry regiment.

Prior to a game against the Philadelphia 76ers on March 24, 2012, head coach Gregg Popovich decided to give Duncan a night off by listing him on the official scorecard as ' DNP-OLD ', poking fun at his 36-year old body.

Prior to that, held a number of government posts, including a brief stint in 2004 as an acting Prime Minister ( from February, 24 to March, 5 )

Prior to the 1941 Japanese invasion, the US Army stored nearly of gasoline here. March 1942: General view showing houses burning as the result of Japanese bombing raid in Bataan, the Philippine Islands.

Prior to March 2008, when Amtrak changed its format for the new Northeast Regional service, the first car was Business Class ( formerly the last car ), and the second car was the operational Café Car ( formerly the second-to-last car ).

Prior to that, he served as Commanding General, U. S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, from December 8, 2008, to April 11, 2011, as Acting Commander, U. S. Central Command, from March 24, 2008, to October 30, 2008, as Deputy Commander, U. S. Central Command, from August 2007 to March 23, 2008, and as Commanding General, Multi-National Security Transition Command – Iraq ( MNSTC-I ), from August 2005 to August 2007.

Prior to March 3, 1883, this rank was known in the Navy as master.

Prior to the Challenger disaster, this mission was slated to launch in March 1986 as STS-61-E. Jon McBride was originally assigned to command this mission, which would have been his second spaceflight.

Prior to March 31, 2005, Aida District included

Prior to the Comcast position, McSlarrow has been president & CEO of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, a trade group representing the U. S. cable industry, since March 2005.

Prior to the first annual convention following the reinstitution of the practice requiring that leaders step down and run to succeed themselves each electoral cycle ( this, along with annual confidence votes had been repealed in 2001 ), Carr announced her resignation on September 24, 2006.

Prior to and during the convention — which took place at the International Amphitheatre — rallies, demonstrations, marches, and attempted marches took place on the streets and in the lakefront parks, about five miles away from the convention site.

Prior to 29 July 1977, it was an established convention, but not a constitutional requirement, that the state parliament choose ( or the governor appoint ) a replacement from the same political party as their predecessor.

Prior to the convention, O ' Malley appeared on Face the Nation, and when asked by host Bob Schieffer if he could honestly say that the country is better off than it was four years ago, he responded " no ".

Prior to 2001, the leader was elected via a delegated convention.

Prior to 2000 the convention was known as Nan Desu Kon.

Prior to the convention, Santos turned down Russell's offer of the Vice-Presidential nomination, still intending to win the top spot on the ticket.

Prior to the convention, Walter Mondale, the presumptive presidential nominee, interviewed Collins as a possible vice-presidential candidate before choosing Geraldine Ferraro as his running mate.

Prior to arriving at Crawford, the group had been in Dallas attending a Veterans for Peace convention.

Prior to this convention, however, there were Anti-Monopoly Parties operating at the state level, notably in California and New York.

Prior to Haywood's dismissal, the Socialist Party membership had reached an all-time high of 135, 000.

Prior to the elections Frutos signed a polemic agreement with Spanish Socialist Workers ' Party ( PSOE ), then led by Joaquín Almunia.

Prior to the formation of the Respect-The Unity Coalition, headed by George Galloway and supported by the Socialist Workers Party, the CPB engaged in a major debate about whether to join an electoral alliance with Galloway and the SWP.

Prior to the formation of the Communist Party of Croatia there was a Croatian-Slavonian Provincial Committee of the Socialist Workers Party of Yugoslavia ( Communists ) and there was a developed party structure of the Socialist Party of Croatia and Slavonia.

Prior to this, Mr. Meale had been a member of the Socialist Campaign Group.

Prior declaring independence in 1991, as a constituent country of SFR Yugoslavia, the Socialist Republic of Macedonia participated in the Yugoslav pre-selection called among the other Yugoslav federal units.

Prior to reaching the age of 75, Lord Cooke was a Lord of Appeal and a member of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.

Prior to Independence, the Lord Chancellor, Master of the Rolls and the Lords Justice of Appeal in Ireland would have worn full ceremonial dress identical to their English equivalents, viz.

Prior to his arrest, he had begun a relationship with Sascha Ricci Griffin, and she continued their relationship with visits to him in court and jail, until his release in late 2010. Cooper filed an appeal from jail against the severity of his sentence, but the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal dismissed his application in March 2009.

Prior to Megrahi's second appeal, another four procedural hearings took place at the High Court of Appeal in Edinburgh between December 2007 and June 2008.

Prior to joining ICTR, he was head of division in the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police until 1986 ; deputy judge, Supreme Court advocate at the Solicitor General's Office from 1986 to 1993 ; presiding judge at Borgarting Court of Appeal in Oslo from 1993 to 1999.