White House Releases August 6, 2001 Intelligence Briefing On Bin Laden
This is the text of the August 6, 2001 intelligence briefing for President George W. Bush that outlined Al Qaeda plans for strikes within the United States.
It was declassified and released by the White House following much discussion of its content at the 9-11 Commission hearings over recent weeks [Read more…]
Condoleezza Rice’s Testimony To The National Commission On Terrorist Attacks
This is the text of the prepared statement and testimony delivered to The National Commission On Terrorist Attacks Upon The United States by Dr. Condoleezza Rice, National Security Advisor to President Bush.
Ms Rice’s much-anticipated appearance before the Commission followed initial claims of executive privilege and refusals by the White House to allow her to appear. [Read more…]
Howard Welcomes Bush To Australian Parliament
The Prime Minister, John Howard, has welcomed President George W. Bush to the Australian Parliament.
Bush delivered a speech to members of both houses.
- Listen to Howard’s speech:
Transcript of John Howard’s remarks of welcome to President Bush.
Mr Speaker and Mr President of the Senate, today we welcome a man, we honour an office, we recommit to an alliance and we declare that, above all of those things, common values between nations unite nations and peoples more than individuals or institutions. The things that unite the Australian and American people are shared values: the belief that the individual is more important than the state, that strong families are a nation’s greatest asset, that competitive free enterprise is the ultimate foundation of national wealth, and that the worth of a person is determined by that person’s character and hard work, not by their religion or race or colour or creed or social background. [Read more…]