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Bush lands at Strategic Air Command in Nebraska
AFP | 9/11

Posted on 09/11/2001 12:48:08 PM PDT by oxi-nato

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hours after terrorist attacks were carried out on New York City and the nation's capital on Tuesday, U.S. President George W. Bush landed at the home of the Strategic Air Command at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska shortly before 3 p.m. (1900 GMT), according to a pool report.

Bush left Louisiana after having told reporters that all appropriate steps to protect the American people had been taken and that the United States would hunt down and punish those responsible for the attacks.

White House spokesman Ari Fleisher earlier said that first lady Laura Bush and presidential daughters Barbara and Jenna Bush had been taken to secure locations.


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1 posted on 09/11/2001 12:48:08 PM PDT by oxi-nato
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To: oxi-nato
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2 posted on 09/11/2001 12:56:15 PM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: HamiltonJay
I think they did it today because today's date is 911!!
3 posted on 09/11/2001 1:06:42 PM PDT by Nitro
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To: oxi-nato
"....home of the Strategic Air Command at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska shortly before 3 p.m. (1900 GMT), according to a pool report.

That's funny, Strategic Air Command (SAC) had been "realigned" out of existence even before I left active duty in 1994.

SAC's old resources had largely been assigned to the new ACC, which had replaced the old TAC.

Has SAC now been resurrected in recent years -- or is it the more likely alternative that the military-ignorant media are strutting their "stuff?"

4 posted on 09/11/2001 2:30:51 PM PDT by BenR2
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I have a SAC patch too. I was kinda saddened to hear the Strategic Air Command was no more. But they still have great underground command centers located at Barksdale and Offutt AFB, I've been inside them. It was a logical place for Bush to duck into during a national crisis.
5 posted on 09/11/2001 5:48:32 PM PDT by SSN558 (hippieslayer@guns.com)
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