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President to Address Nation from Oval Office This Afternoon, Condolences to Israel PM
CBS News ^
| February 1, 2003
| John Roberts at the Whitehouse
Posted on 02/01/2003 9:37:18 AM PST by ewing
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To: Dog
this woman can't handle this... Who is she? (was she if not on now?) I couldn't see t.v. for about an hour.....and now it's on, but in other room, behind dividing wall between it and my computer.
To: Carolinamom
Bump
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posted on
02/01/2003 11:29:08 AM PST
by
Fiddlstix
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To: ewing
Beautiful, inspiring speech....
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posted on
02/01/2003 11:29:27 AM PST
by
clintonh8r
(It's better to be feared than to be respected.)
To: knak
We'll all need medication today.
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posted on
02/01/2003 11:29:47 AM PST
by
Howlin
To: rwfromkansas
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posted on
02/01/2003 11:29:52 AM PST
by
Mo1
(I Hate The Party of Bill Clinton)
To: bigeggo
To the stars through difficulties.
To: Carolinamom
I found Bush's last comment so moving and appropriate: "HE who names the stars also knows the names of those we mourn." Oh, I did too......that was very moving....very comforting, and really, very loving.
To: My Favorite Headache
LOL........mhking has a thread up now!
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posted on
02/01/2003 11:30:38 AM PST
by
Howlin
To: nicmarlo; Inspectorette
I agree also
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posted on
02/01/2003 11:31:30 AM PST
by
Mo1
(I Hate The Party of Bill Clinton)
To: rwfromkansas
It was important IMO that he speak as soon as possible.....there were already some who were criticizing him for not speaking even sooner. Some people think they have to have instant gratification.
Just think: Bush had to travel to the WH, phone Sharon and speak to the families, get himself and what he was going to say together, etc. No doubt he will also be speaking again to this horrible tragedy. He is not Superman, but lately I've thinking he's coming pretty close to being him.
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posted on
02/01/2003 11:31:55 AM PST
by
Carolinamom
(I was determined to know beans.......Henry David Thoreau)
To: Carolinamom
I just thought of something else, Carolinamom: it was also very appropriate AND kind for President Bush to quote from the Old Testament Scriptures....being that there were two Jews on board from Israel......
To: Carolinamom
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posted on
02/01/2003 11:32:25 AM PST
by
mhking
To: nicmarlo; sweetliberty
At this time we are just speculating...maybe NASA will tell us something.
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posted on
02/01/2003 11:32:28 AM PST
by
TheLion
To: Theodore R.
Was this the first flight that carried women since January 1986?1. No.
2. Where do you come up with this stuff?
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posted on
02/01/2003 11:33:05 AM PST
by
Catspaw
To: Otta B Sleepin
Somewhere yesterday (no time to look it up now, sorry) I read a quote that said no President has been called on to give the speech of his life more times than George W. Bush (paraphrased). And he's come through every time. I agree; and if you find that quote (later), I'd be interested in a ping from ya. Thanks.
To: Wait4Truth
Time to turn off CNN -- permanently -- aroud your place, methinks. The incident you describe was, indeed, disgraceful.
To: TheLion
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
February 1, 2003
President Addresses Nation on Space Shuttle Columbia Tragedy
Remarks by the President on the Loss of Space Shuttle Columbia
The Cabinet Room
2:04 P.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: My fellow Americans, this day has brought terrible news and great sadness to our country. At 9:00 a.m. this morning, Mission Control in Houston lost contact with our Space Shuttle Columbia. A short time later, debris was seen falling from the skies above Texas. The Columbia is lost; there are no survivors.
On board was a crew of seven: Colonel Rick Husband; Lt. Colonel Michael Anderson; Commander Laurel Clark; Captain David Brown; Commander William McCool; Dr. Kalpana Chawla; and Ilan Ramon, a Colonel in the Israeli Air Force. These men and women assumed great risk in the service to all humanity.
In an age when space flight has come to seem almost routine, it is easy to overlook the dangers of travel by rocket, and the difficulties of navigating the fierce outer atmosphere of the Earth. These astronauts knew the dangers, and they faced them willingly, knowing they had a high and noble purpose in life. Because of their courage and daring and idealism, we will miss them all the more.
All Americans today are thinking, as well, of the families of these men and women who have been given this sudden shock and grief. You're not alone. Our entire nation grieves with you. And those you loved will always have the respect and gratitude of this country.
The cause in which they died will continue. Mankind is led into the darkness beyond our world by the inspiration of discovery and the longing to understand. Our journey into space will go on.
In the skies today we saw destruction and tragedy. Yet farther than we can see there is comfort and hope. In the words of the prophet Isaiah, "Lift your eyes and look to the heavens. Who created all these? He who brings out the starry hosts one by one and calls them each by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing."
The same Creator who names the stars also knows the names of the seven souls we mourn today. The crew of the shuttle Columbia did not return safely to Earth; yet we can pray that all are safely home.
May God bless the grieving families, and may God continue to bless America.
To: Howlin
We'll all need medication today. I was thinking more along the lines of some F-16's and Ac-130's.
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posted on
02/01/2003 11:33:52 AM PST
by
knak
To: nicmarlo
Good point. Bush has finely honed sensibilities. Can't imagine Gore of Bubba doing it.
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posted on
02/01/2003 11:34:32 AM PST
by
Carolinamom
(I was determined to know beans.......Henry David Thoreau)
To: anniegetyourgun
Risk-wise NASA counted on a loss of 1 in 50 shuttle flights when the program was originally conceived. The risk has certainly gone down in the wake of Challenger, but we were probably overdue. It truly is rocket science.
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posted on
02/01/2003 11:34:46 AM PST
by
Rockitz
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