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A text of National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice's testimony as delivered before the Sept. 11 commission on Thursday, as transcribed by eMediaMillWorks Inc.: RICE: Thank you very much. And now I'm happy to take your questions. KEAN: Thank you very much, Dr. Rice. I appreciate your statement, your attendance and your service. I have a couple of questions. As we understand it, when you first came into office, you just been through a very difficult campaign. In that campaign, neither the president nor the opponent, to the best of my knowledge, ever mentioned al-Qaida. There had been almost no congressional...

<p>KEAN: Good morning. As chair of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, I hereby convene this hearing. This is a continuation of the commission's previous hearings on the formulation and conduct of U.S. counterterrorism policy. The record of that hearing, by the way, including staff statements, is available on our Web site, www.911commission.gov.</p>

Democratic party attack dog-turned 9/11 Commissioner Richard Ben Veniste adopted a harsh prosecutorial style Thursday morning during his questioning of National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, repeatedly cutting her off as she attempted to give detailed answers to his questions. The fireworks began when the abrasive Washington lawyer, a one-time attorney to DNC chief Terry McAuliffe, grilled Rice on whether she told President Bush about Richard Clarke's warnings that al Qeada cells had penetrated the U.S. BEN-VENISTE: Did you tell the president at any time prior to Aug. 6, [2001] of the existence of al Qaeda cells inside the United...

Rice testifies before 9/11 Commission [Transcript of Rice’s testimony at the NY Times.]Report by Roger Wm. Hughes... National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice testified before the 9/11 Commission after the White House had worked out the difficulties of preserving the issue of "separation of powers." Her testimony was controlled, in charge and solid as a rock. She also placed doubts on Richard Clarke’s testimony. One large area of conflict between Rice and Clarke came towards the end of her testimony, when Rice was asked as to why Clarke did not brief the President as Clarke says he requested: RICE: ......

As Prepared for Delivery NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR DR. CONDOLEEZZA RICE OPENING REMARKS THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON TERRORIST ATTACKS UPON THE UNITED STATES Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC April 8, 2004 I thank the Commission for arranging this special session. Thank you for helping to find a way to meet the Nation's need to learn all we can about the September 11th attacks, while preserving important Constitutional principles. This Commission, and those who appear before it, have a vital charge. We owe it to those we lost, and to their loved ones, and to our country, to learn all...

A text of National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice's testimony as delivered before the Sept. 11 commission on Thursday, as transcribed by eMediaMillWorks Inc.: KEAN: I've got a question now I'd like to ask you. It was given to me by a number of members of the families. Did you ever see or hear from the FBI, from the CIA, from any other intelligence agency, any memos or discussions or anything else between the time you got into office and 9-11 that talked about using planes as bombs? RICE: Let me address this question because it has been on the table....

Central Piedmont Community College Charlotte, North Carolina THE PRESIDENT: Thanks a lot for the warm welcome. I tried to visit last February. (Laughter.) That's when your fine Mayor and Police Chief Stevens told me that they didn't think the presidential motorcade would be an ideal way to plow the streets. (Laughter.) The weather is beautiful today. Thanks for the warm welcome. It is great to be here in the great state of North Carolina, and such a vibrant part of your state, the great city of Charlotte. (Applause.) I'm here to talk about an important subject, which is our economy...

  United States Department of Defense.News TranscriptOn the web: http://www.dod.mil/transcripts/2004/tr20040405-secdef0578.htmlMedia contact: +1 (703) 697-5131 Public contact: http://www.dod.mil/faq/comment.html or +1 (703) 428-0711 Presenter: Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld Monday, April 5, 2004   Secretary Rumsfeld Live Interview with Bill Bennett, Morning in America  Q:  Are you ready for air, sir?   Rumsfeld:   Sure.   Q:  I’m going to put you on hold and probably within the next 20 seconds, you’ll be able to hear the “on-air” thing.  They’re going to cut to you.  And here we go, okay?    Rumsfeld:   You bet.   Q:  Thank you, sir.   Unknown: ...

Things turned ugly on the new liberal talk radio network "Air America" Wednesday night, with guest Ralph Nader blasting the Democratic Party's counterweight to Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly as "Hot Air America." The perennial candidate said the fact that Democrats couldn't hang onto what he described as their presidential victory was the party's own fault. And for good measure, Nader blasted ex-President Clinton as "a draft dodger." It was all downhill from there, as Nader and Rhodes screamed at one another for the next ten minutes. Some selected highlights, as transcribed by the Web site "The Daily...

Statement of William S. Cohen to The National Commission On Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States March 23, 2004 I appreciate the opportunity to appear before the Commission to discuss counterterrorismefforts of the Defense Department and the Interagency during my tenure asSecretary of Defense.You have posed several questions, which I will address to the best of my ability, althoughI should note that in preparing this statement I have not had access to any non-publicrecords with regard to events that took place during this period three to eight years agoand not all public records are easily accessible despite the internet. I...

John Kerry's Own Words on 9/11CNN.com, September 11, 2001, Congress vows unity, reprisals for attacksSen. John Kerry, D-Massachusetts, called the attacks "a declaration of war" that "demands a forceful response."Added Kerry, "I have no doubt in my mind it's Osama Bin Laden." "It's very much in keeping with the threats he has made," Kerry said. "The intelligence community has known all summer they have building up for some kind of attack." Kerry said a number of attempted attacks, or plans for attacks, have been"thwarted" this summer. He said he was briefed by CIA Director George Tenet on this a few...

Statement by Speaker Hastert, Senate Majority Leader Frist on Public Testimony of Condoleezza Rice Before the 9/11 Commission 3/30/2004 11:25:00 AM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: National Desk Contact: John Feehery or Pete Jeffries, both of Office of Speaker of the House of U.S. House of Representatives, 202-225-2800, Web: http://www.speaker.gov WASHINGTON, March 30 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following is a joint statement by Speaker J. Dennis Hastert and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist regarding public testimony of National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice Before the 9/11 Commission: "We applaud the decision of the President to allow the National Security Advisor, Dr. Condoleezza Rice,...

I need your Help. On Sean Hannity's radio show a man called in and asked Sean if he knew a women nammed Laurie Myloic via Dick Morris. Sean seemed to not know the caller was referring to Laurie Mylroie. Sean might need a little education on Laurie and a bombardment of emails to get caught up. Please email these articles to hannity@foxnews.com unless someone has a beeter way to contact him? Laurie Mylroie: Is Iraq involved with U.S. terror attacks? Laurie Mylroie is the author of "Study of Revenge: Saddam Hussein's Unfinished War," which outlines her case that Iraq had...

The following excerpts have been taken from an Interview with Richard Clarke, conducted by PBS Frontline on March 20, 2002. He was not speaking for the Administration. The Context of the interview, was a memorial to FBI Counterterrorist expert John O'Neill, who had tragically left the FBI to take a private sector job at the World Trade Center. What did he (John O'Neill) understand that nobody else understood? I think he understood, first of all, that Al Qaeda wasn't a nuisance -- that what Al Qaeda said in its documents and bin Laden's speeches was the truth. He said to...

WOODRUFF: We will have more of the day's political news coming up. But now a look at some other top stories. The Navy is ready for more demonstrations on the Puerto Rican island, Vieques. After a break on Sunday, Navy warships are firing at the island's practice range again. Over the weekend, roughly 70 demonstrators were arrested and charged with trespassing. They included a U.S. congressman, Democrat Luis Gutierrez of Illinois. The State Department officially released its annual terrorism report just a little more than an hour ago, but unlike last year, there's no extensive mention of alleged terrorist mastermind...

AN AMAZON SEARCH FOR CURRENT books on Osama bin Laden turns up 50 or so choices. But search for books about the terrorist mastermind and Bill Clinton, and you will find precisely one. Losing bin Laden is the first book to explicitly overlay the ephemeral plottings of al-Qaeda with the chimera that was the 42nd president. George Bush may absorb all current heat for failing to score decisively in the global war on terror, but, in the words of author Richard Miniter, Osama bin Laden "is the unfinished business of the Clinton administration." During the Clinton years the number...

Text of Remarks by John Kerry at New Northside Baptist Church in St. Louis March 28 3/28/2004 4:14:00 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: National Desk, Political Reporter Contact: Stephanie Cutter, 202-712-3000 or David Wade, 202-528-7475, both of John Kerry for President ST. LOUIS, March 28 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is the text of remarks by John Kerry as prepared for delivery today at the New Northside Baptist Church in St. Louis: Thank you for inviting me to this house of God and home of good works. Thank you my good friend, Lacy Clay, and Bishop Ellis, for your light and leadership...

MR. RICHARD CLARKE: I believe the Bush administration in the first eight months considered terrorism an important issue but not an urgent issue. MR. ANDREW CARD: The reflections in his book and what we hear in the media today are not the reality.

Transcript: U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld Sunday, March 28, 2004The following is an excerpt from "FOX News Sunday," March 28, 2004.CHIRS WALLACE, HOST: While the Pentagon is still busy fighting the war on terror, announcing that 2,000 Marines are on their way, and continuing to battle insurgents in Iraq, Washington was consumed this week with looking back at the events that led to 9/11. For more on all that, we turn to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. And good morning. Thank you very much for being here with us today. U.S. DEFENSE SECRETARY DONALD RUMSFELD: Good morning. WALLACE: Mr....

The Commanding Heights BEN WATTENBERG: Hello, I’m Ben Wattenberg. When Soviet dictator Vladimir Lenin coined the phrase ’the commanding heights’ he was referring to the locus of national economic power. That is, the major enterprises and the major industries. The epic struggle between the government and the marketplace to control those commanding heights has profoundly altered human history since the close of World War II. Joining us to explore that history and its consequences are Pulitzer Prize winner Daniel Yergin, co-author with Joseph Stanislaw of The Commanding Heights: The Battle Between Government and the Marketplace That is Remaking the Modern...