“To [U.K. Prime Minister] Tony Blair’s urging, during a dinner at the White House on September 20 [2001], that the focus ought to remain on overthrowing the Taliban, [President] Bush responded, ‘I agree with you, Tony. We must deal with this first. But when we have dealt with Afghanistan, we must come back to Iraq.’ […]
9/20/2001
Historian Mary L. Dudziak wrote: “Congress, stunned by the September 11 attacks, responded by quickly passing the Patriot Act and an Authorization for the Use of Military Force. While these actions were intended to give the president the authority he sought to act effectively at home and abroad, there was just one difficulty. The Bush […]
9/20/2001
In a speech to a joint session of Congress on September 20, 2001, President Bush said, regarding the terrorist attacks: ” ‘Our response involves far more than instant retaliation and isolated strikes… Americans should not expect one battle, but a lengthy campaign, unlike any other we have ever seen. It may include dramatic strikes, visible […]
9/20/2001
On September 20, 2001, “a saber-rattling ‘open letter‘ signed by [conservatives] William Bennett, Richard Perle, Gary Bauer, and editors of The New Republic and The Weekly Standard threatened to brand the president [Bush] a wimp–guilty of ‘surrender in the war on international terrorism’–should he buck their demand to make ‘a determined effort’ to oust Saddam […]
9/20/2001
While visiting New York on September 20, 2001, U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair said: ” ‘I can only imagine what it must have been like for the people of New York for the past nine days. My father’s generation went through the Blitz. They know what it is like to suffer this deep tragedy and […]
9/20/2001
According to an article in The Economist on September 22, 2001: ” ‘By the end of trading in New York on September 20th [2001], the Dow Jones Industrial Average had shed nearly 13% of its value since Wall Street reopened on September 17th.’ ” – Stephen F. Hayes, Cheney, Page 355 […]
9/20/2001
“On September 20 [2001], President Bush announced that Governor Tom Ridge of Pennsylvania would be the new director of the White House Office of Homeland Security–an office that grew out of the homeland security study [Vice President Dick] Cheney’s staff had been conducting since the spring. Its deputy director would be Admiral Steve Abbot…” – […]
9/20/2001
“In his address to a joint session of Congress on September 20 [2001] he [President Bush] stated: ‘Americans are asking: How will we fight and win this war? …This war will not be like the war against Iraq a decade ago, with a decisive liberation of territory and a swift conclusion. It will not look […]
9/20/2001
On September 20, 2001, “a large group of neo-conservatives outside the government sent an open letter to the White House outlining how the war on terror should be conducted. In fact, it was more an ultimatum than a suggestion. They told [President] Bush that to retain the signers’ support, the United States had to pressure […]
9/20/2001
On September 20, 2001, “more than three dozen leading neoconservatives and their like-minded political allies on Iraq published an open letter to President Bush that endorsed al Qaeda’s destruction and urged the president to target other hostile groups and states as well. The letter suggested that Iraq might have provided assistance to the 9/11 perpetrators […]