It is from here that Richard Clarke teleconferenced with U.S. leaders in the immediate aftermath of the September 11th attacks. By 9:03 AM, Richard Clarke was in his car on his way to the White House. At 9:28 AM, General Myers reported that it was "not a pretty picture," that the closest fighter planes were 15 minutes away from Washington, D.C.
On February 26, 1993, less than 2 months after Clinton came to office, the WTC was truck bombed: the attack was later attributed to al Qaeda. On September 11, 2001, less than 8 months after G.W. Bush came to office, commercial airplanes were flown into it: At 8:02 AM local time, American Airlines Flight 11 took off from Boston's Logan Airport;.....
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