On October 7, 2001, “At 1 p.m. in the Treaty Room at the White House, the president [Bush] began his third major address to the nation since the [9/11] attacks: ‘Good afternoon. On my orders, the United States military has begun strikes against al-Qaida terrorist training camps and military installations of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.’ ”
– Karl Rove, Courage and Consequence, Pages 289-290