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kpete

(72,006 posts)
Sat May 7, 2016, 09:00 AM May 2016

Exclusive: New Photos Show Bush’s Response To 9/11 Attacks

On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, the presidency of George W. Bush changed instantly. In a new collection of never-before-seen photographs from that day, the president can be seen responding to the worst terrorist attack in United States history — an event that would redefine his time in office and propel the nation into two wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

The images, which were given to FRONTLINE through a Freedom of Information Act request, provide a new window into President Bush’s actions on 9/11 — from the initial scramble for information upon learning of the attack at an elementary school in Florida, to his meetings with senior staff throughout the day, and his return to the White House that evening, where in an address to the nation he vowed to “find those responsible and bring them to justice.”

“I have spoken to the vice president, to the governor of New York, to the director of the FBI, and have ordered that the full resources of the federal government go to help the victims and their families — and to conduct a full-scale investigation to hunt down and to find those folks who committed this act,” he said. “Terrorism against our nation will not stand.”







http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/exclusive-new-photos-show-bushs-response-to-911-attacks/

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Exclusive: New Photos Show Bush’s Response To 9/11 Attacks (Original Post) kpete May 2016 OP
His face shows he is in over his head Sanity Claws May 2016 #1
cheney & rumsfeld in bottom picture already plotting and w* looking lost. spanone May 2016 #2
They lost their malaise May 2016 #5
wish they would just 'get lost'!!!! spanone May 2016 #7
+1,000 malaise May 2016 #9
Most of the perpetrators were already dead PeoViejo May 2016 #3
Glad to see he was able to relax, kick back truebluegreen May 2016 #4
Don't forget the plate of cookies gratuitous May 2016 #10
The shadow knows n/t malaise May 2016 #6
This one: Kingofalldems May 2016 #8

Sanity Claws

(21,851 posts)
1. His face shows he is in over his head
Sat May 7, 2016, 09:07 AM
May 2016

Is he regretting not doing about the warnings he got? Does he realize that Cheney was involved?

 

truebluegreen

(9,033 posts)
4. Glad to see he was able to relax, kick back
Sat May 7, 2016, 09:58 AM
May 2016

and put his feet on the desk (from photos at link).

A memory sticks in my mind: Dimson Bush disappeared from view for most of the day, flying thither and yon as it turned out, and the first thing he wanted to do when he resurfaced was to assure the American People that HE was all right.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
10. Don't forget the plate of cookies
Sat May 7, 2016, 04:22 PM
May 2016

Gotta be fortified if you're going to launch a couple of invasions and long-term occupations of other countries while keeping taxes low on your wealthy pals. Priorities.

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