A Day in the Life of President Bush (Many photos) - 9.11.06

www.yahoo.com/news/ www.whitehouse.gov/news/ ^ | 11th September 2006 | Snugs

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Yesterday the President participated in 9/11 ceromonies in New York including attending a memorial service.

Today he attended a ceremony at the Fort Pitt Firehouse on the lower east side of Manhattan afterwhich he travelled to Shanksville, Pennsylvania to lay a wreath at the Flight 93 crash site.

He and the First Lady then went to the Pentagon to lay another wreath at the crash site there as in Shanksville the President and first lady met with families of those who lost their lives after the wreath laying ceremony.

Yesterday the Vice President appeared on the Meet the Press. Today he led the remembrance Ceremony at the White House joined by his specially invited guest Baroness Thatcher who also attended a memorial service with him at John's and later at the State Department.

Later on this evening the President will address the nation please feel free to use this thread as safe live thread.

I urge all that have not yet done so to check out Wolfstar's dose from yesterday where she does a fantastic timeline of the event of 11th September 2001. There are also some fantastic photos some of which you probably will not have seen before.

Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island

[SnarlinCubBear]

I began to watch it last night and would you believe, our local ABC had a message scrolling across the screen saying
"we will air the 2nd part on Saturday night, so as not to disrupt the Chargers football game on Monday."

OK, not a big sports fan here, I thought that was wayyy out of line.

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President Bush and first lady Laura Bush take part in wreath laying ceremony, Monday, Sept. 11, 2006, commemorating the fifth anniversary of attack on the Pentagon

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[Jewels1091]

So far it's pretty good

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Leading the First Lady to met the relatives of those who lost a loved one on 911

Comforting the relatives at the Pentagon

[Finalapproach29er]

Thatcher walked w/o an escort on the way back to the WH.

She's doing better than I thought. Good to see.

She is, truly, a LADY.

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[Majie Purple]

Even with the time taken out Clintoon was still refered to unfavorably in some of the dialog.
That was great to hear/see.
But I too would like to see what was removed.
Sometimes
truth hurts Billy boy!!!!!
Shut up & deal.....with it.

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[Majie Purple]

Figures, Though I still can't believe it.

The greedy tv network nerve.

Football should never take preceedence

over this subject matter.

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That is ridulous BBC2 aired it last night and tonight - I was watching it whilst preparing the dose.

I have recorded it to DVD anyone who wants a copy freep me. There are no breaks or adds just 2 parts.

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I am now helping dad to bed when I get back I will post the Vice President's photos.

[silent_jonny]

Wolfstar--pinging you to the top photo in post #70. The touching foreheads moment.

[Majie Purple]

(((((Awww forhead toforhead greeting and in tears shot.)))))

[GretchenM]

Someone looked at a calendar and remarked to me today, "It's Patriot Day," and I just suddenly got so choked up -- no warning; it just hit me hard, all those people we lost on 9/11 and in the war on terror since then, all the suffering, it dims but it never goes away.

I caught the last few minutes of C. Gibson's nightly news in which he asked youth to talk about the impact of 9/11 on them. One teen said that a few days after 9/11, he looked out a window and everywhere he looked, he saw flags. And what came to his mind was, as he said, literally "that line from the song: our flag was still there," and he said it gave him hope.

I don't know if he knew enough about history (you know how the libs have cut the heart out of that subject) to know that Key was saying our troops were still in position, fighting, and that is why the flag was still there.

Either way, what a statement.

[GretchenM]

C-span replay schedule of the day's events (presidentially speaking)

03:14 AM EDT
[I think this was about 19 min.]
Address
Fifth Anniversary of September 11
White House, Oval Office
George W. Bush , United States

11:38 PM EDT
0:22
Appearance
September 11 Remembrance Ceremony
White House Travel, Domestic Trip
George W. Bush , United States

01:33 AM EDT
0:30
Ceremony
Shanksville Wreath Laying Ceremony
White House Travel, Domestic Trip
George W. Bush , United States

02:50 AM EDT
0:22
Appearance
September 11 Remembrance Ceremony
Department of Defense
George W. Bush , United States

02:04 AM EDT
0:45
Ceremony
Pentagon Attack Fifth Anniversary
Department of Defense
Richard Cheney , United States
Donald Rumsfeld , Department of Defense

[GretchenM]

I am thrilled that our vice president invited your great former PM Thatcher to this day's events. In the first photo, which is taken at a distance, she looks great.

[silent_jonny]

Even with the time taken out Clintoon was still refered to unfavorably in some of the dialog.

Yep :) They kept most of the Sandy Berger scene in and made the point even with a few seconds shaved off. I was especially glad that they left the "Clinton/Lewinsky" scene in--LOL

I'm lurking on the live thread ... judging by the comments, President Bush and Condi are being treated fairly. But the Richard Clarke scenes are laughable.