Word: bunkered
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...President had already given his detail. Much of the talk even in this trauma and at that level of authority was father-son talk, reasserting his faith that No. 43 was up to the task. The later news reports of his son hunkered down in an Omaha, Neb., bunker irritated his father, even though he had learned long ago that every presidential move is found by ever present critics to be either too fast or too slow...
...calming and reassuring the American people, however, was not going so well. The President's first brief statements from Florida and Louisiana were shaky, and when he finally got back to the White House that night, his speech was uninspiring. Afterward, in the White House bunker built to withstand nuclear attack, he leaned forward in his blue chair and began the first meeting of his war council. Around the oblong table sat Cheney, Secretary of State Colin Powell, National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, Attorney General John Ashcroft and chief of staff Andrew Card. "Make no mistake," Bush said, stabbing...
...stakes are as high as they can get. No wonder Bush looked the way he did Tuesday. He disappeared for precious hours in a bunker in Nebraska, which cost more precious hours the next day, as his aides tried to quiet criticism from his allies on the Hill that he should have returned immediately to the White House. (Senator Chuck Hagel reminded his colleagues that "this isn't a John Wayne movie," and he was right.) But this was the wrong time for spinning...
...suggestions, to show that the capital stood unbowed--much as, a century earlier, Abraham Lincoln insisted that the construction of the Capitol dome be completed in the midst of the Civil War. Similarly, on Tuesday President Bush decided to end the day in Washington rather than in a NORAD bunker. On Friday he presided over a national day of prayer, giving prominent roles to people of all races and creeds, including a Muslim religious leader...
...President had already given his detail. Much of the talk even in this trauma and at that level of authority was father-son talk, reasserting his faith that No. 43 was up to the task. The later news reports of his son hunkered down in an Omaha, Neb., bunker irritated his father, even though he had learned long ago that every presidential move is found by ever present critics to be either too fast or too slow...