htown11 Posted November 8, 2010 Report Share Posted November 8, 2010 Matt Lauer will sit down with George W. Bush in the former president’s first one-on-one television interview since leaving office. The interview will air Monday, Nov. 8 at 8 p.m. ET as a special prime-time “Matt Lauer Reports.” President Bush will then join Lauer live on TODAY on Wednesday, Nov. 10. http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm233/lebronze23/george-w-bush-02-320.jpg In his new memoir “Decision Points,” President George W. Bush shares candid, never-before-heard details about his presidency. This excerpt conveys the emotions Bush felt in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and the decision to go to war in Iraq. The Secret Service wanted to get me to Air Force One, and fast. As the motorcade charged down Florida Route 41, I called Condi from the secure phone in the limo. She told me there had been a third plane crash, this one into the Pentagon. I sat back in my seat and absorbed her words. My thoughts clarified: The first plane could have been an accident. The second was definitely an attack. The third was a declaration of war. My blood was boiling. We were going to find out who did this, and kick their [expletive]. ... ... When we did receive information, it was often contradictory and sometimes downright wrong. I was experiencing the fog of war. There were reports of a bomb at the State Department, a fire on the National Mall, a hijacked Korean airliner bound for the United States, and a call-in threat to Air Force One. The caller had used the plane’s code name, Angel, which few people knew. The most bizarre report came when I was informed of a high-speed object flying toward our ranch in Crawford. All of this information later proved to be false. But given the circumstances, we took every report seriously. One report I received proved true. A fourth plane had gone down somewhere in Pennsylvania. “Did we shoot it down, or did it crash?” I asked Dick Cheney. Nobody knew. I felt sick to my stomach. Had I ordered the death of those innocent Americans? On Wednesday, March 19, 2003, I walked into a meeting I had hoped would not be necessary. The National Security Council had gathered in the White House Situation Room, a nerve center of communications equipment and duty officers on the ground floor of the West Wing. The top center square of the secure video screen showed General Tommy Franks sitting with his senior deputies at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia. In the other five boxes were our lead Army, Navy, Marine, Air Force, and Special Operations commanders. Their counterparts from the British Armed Forces and Australian Defense Forces joined as well. I asked each man two questions: Do you have everything you need to win? And are you comfortable with the strategy? Each commander answered affirmatively. Tommy spoke last. “Mr. President,” the commanding general said, “this force is ready.” http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/40075575/ns/today-books/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AboveLegit Posted November 9, 2010 Report Share Posted November 9, 2010 Pretty interesting how Bush said his worst moment in his presidency was being insulted by Kanye West.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htown11 Posted November 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2010 Ya he took it pretty personal, basically called Kanye West a racist and a dumbass. He regrets that whole Katrina situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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