President George W. Bush
WAX2001100803 - 08 OCTOBER 2001 - WASHINGTON, D. C. USA: President George W. Bush meets with Vice President Dick Cheney, CIA Director George Tenet and National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice in the Oval Office moments after informing the nation that air strikes were ordered against the Taliban and Al Qaeda in Afghanistan October 7, 2001. rw/Eric Draper/White House. UPI
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