that the u.s. sees itself as the sole or pre-eminent victim of terrorism. frequent use of one particular word to describe america, one analyst saw an ulterior motive. the president is in political trouble. he wants to be resillient and telling the country to be resillient it s a code word saying i m as good as you, are we ll be resilient together. but that s not what 9/11 should be about and politics is less important than lives of american lost. reporter: others saw to universalize the 9/11 experience, a continuing apology for war in iraq and other actions taken by the bush administration. this is a government that is not entirely comfortable with the role it has to play in some cases to keep america safe. it s incredibly telling that the obama administration would have weeks of torturous deliberations to figure out how to talk about 9/11. on the day itself, president obama will visit all three of the 9/11 memorial sites and return to d.c. to speak at interfaith service and co
the sole or pre-eminent victim of terrorism. frequent use of one particular word to describe america, one analyst saw an ulterior motive. the president is in political trouble. he wants to be resillient and telling the country to be resillient it s a code word saying i m as good as you, are we ll be resilient together. but that s not what 9/11 should be about and politics is less important than lives of american lost. reporter: others saw to universalize the 9/11 experience, a continuing apology for war in iraq and other actions taken by the bush administration. this is a government that is not entirely comfortable with the role it has to play in some cases to keep america safe. it s incredibly telling that the obama administration would have weeks of torturous deliberations to figure out how to talk about 9/11. on the day itself, president obama will visit all three of the 9/11 memorial sites and return to d.c. to speak at interfaith service and concert at the national