“Just before 10 am [on December 28, 2001], Bush…and [General Tommy] Franks…stepped out for a press briefing. …He did not mention the central focus of the teleconference–Iraq. And no one asked. All the questions were about bin Laden, Afghanistan and the recent collapse of Enron…Bush said, ‘I hope 2002 is a year of peace. But I am also realistic.’ ”
– Bob Woodward, Plan of Attack, Page 65