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...President's team knows that he delivers a speech better to a live audience than to a TelePrompTer as he sits at a desk; that is why the White House suggested that his call to the nation should be given to the entire Congress, packed into the chamber of the House of Representatives. Bush knew it would--must--be the most important address he had ever given. When the speech was suggested on Monday morning, he turned to Karen Hughes, his Counsellor, and said, "I want a copy tonight." Hughes protested; that was impossible. "By 7," he added. Bush, says...
...punishment for Cheney's having botched the Administration's energy plan. Despite all the evidence, terrorism seemed hypothetical; proposals for a federal homeland-security program, which had been floating around Washington since the mid-1980s, evoked memories of 1950s schoolchildren doing duck-and-cover drills under their desk...
...afternoon of Sept. 11, several hours after learning of the morning’s horrific events, I decided to voyage to the post office for stamps and to Staples for desk supplies. I had not been able to contact my mom, who lives in New York City, but I assumed she would be fine, as we live nearly five miles from the World Trade Towers. The probability of her being in the area at the time of the attack was remote, and I needed stamps...
...Bush's desk...
Several television news agencies, including WCVB Channel 5, were present at the arraignment of more than 30 students in the Brighton Municipal Courthouse on Sept. 10. A staffer at WCVB’s assignment desk said they picked up the story after receiving a BPD release...