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...sake of freedom, George Bush will boogie. The President doesn't like to dance. When the duties of his office absolutely require it, he grimaces, twirls Laura a few times and then hotfoots it off the parquet. But when he landed at the Tiblisi Georgia airport Monday, the President greeted the array of performers waiting for him with a sustained wiggle. The President's first ever act of rhythmic whimsy only hints at his enthusiasm for the power of the Georgian example...
...Tens of thousands of Georgians waited in hot sun for hours to hear Bush address them in Freedom Square, where in November 2003 the "Rose Revolution" transformed the country into a democracy. Bush hopes that in 10 or 15 years he may be the white-haired dignitary who stands on a similar stage, on an equally cloudless day, in Baghdad. There his successor will tell the story of the day when Saddam's statue, fell marking the start of that country's purple revolution...
...making many important contributions to freedom's cause, but your most important contribution is your example," said Bush, standing beneath two bleachers filled with singers dressed in red, white and blue and arrayed to approximate the flags of both Georgia and the United States. "Your courage is inspiring democratic reformers and sending a message that echoes across the world: Freedom will be the future of every nation and every people on Earth...
...Tower's troubles are just the latest in a string of setbacks for the ambitious World Trade Center redevelopment project. Last month, financial giant Goldman Sachs & Company backed away from plans to build a 40-story headquarters adjacent to the Freedom Tower, citing security concerns of their...
...were the planners, who endowed the Freedom Tower with security features for everything from burning jet fuel to anthrax spores, unprepared for a Ryder Truck filled with explosives? Developers say the NYPD simply ambushed them with shifting demands. Police say they'd been privately raising these concerns for months before their official report. And public watchdogs say the finger-pointing itself is symptomatic of the real problem. "There's a confidence problem here, but it's not about security," says Nikki Stern, executive director of the Families of September 11. "It's about leadership...