Specifically some people in his own party refusing to stAnd up And do what is right when it comes to the facts And truth of things that happened in this country. I remember well covering the White House in those days. Even most democrats would tell you, in the immediate days after 9 11, the president of the united states, who happened to be a republican, he was the president of the united states, was Pitch Perfect. Now, 20 years later, many democrats wont listen to george w. Bush because of the Iraq War And the political polarization of that. Trump republicans wont listen to george w. Bush because Donald Trump spent so much time essentially trying to wipe out And criticize And undermine the Bush Establishment of the republican party. I hope all americans, in some ways, this is not a day for politics, in other ways, you just had a former president deliver the speech, so there is it is before you. I come here without explanation or solutions. Not trying to lecture but talking about those
But he is the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee. yet, he was, like millions of americans that day, on his way to work. he took the train. the amtrak every day. his wife calls him the first time, something is going on. the second plane hits. wife calls him, oh, no, this is not an accident. this is something big and real. then what is happening? again, even the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, on a train, spotty cell phone service, into the tunnel. it just reminds you of the scramble of that day. even the people at the highest levels of our government were trying to find out what the hell is going on. to the point at the end, he tried to get back to the senate. we talked about this a little earlier. he, one of many in the congress, and president bush on the other end, executive end of government, knew amid the horror, amid the terror, and the response to it, it was important as soon as possible to try to show some signals of continuity of governmen
Specifically some people in his own party refusing to stand up and do what is right when it comes to the facts and truth of things that happened in this country. i remember well covering the white house in those days. even most democrats would tell you, in the immediate days after 9/11, the president of the united states, who happened to be a republican, he was the president of the united states, was pitch perfect. now, 20 years later, many democrats won t listen to george w. bush because of the iraq war and the political polarization of that. trump republicans won t listen to george w. bush because donald trump spent so much time essentially trying to wipe out and criticize and undermine the bush establishment of the republican party. i hope all americans, in some ways, this is not a day for politics, in other ways, you just had a former president deliver the speech, so there is it is before you. i come here without explanation or solutions. not trying to lecture but talking about t
Come in to afghanistan in a major way as one of our allies because we were part of the alliance. that alliance, i think, has remained strong throughout. our goal is to continue to strengthen it. as you know, some of the nato allies were deeply disappointed, not that the war is over, everybody wanted the war to be over, everybody wanted to get out of afghanistan, but the way it ended. yes, 125,000 people got out, but there s still thousands left who would like to come here. what we ve told our allies and what we tell our own people is that we ll continue to work together to get as many people out that desire to come out going forward. this is not over. our efforts to help the people who have helped us are not over. there s still americans left in afghanistan, too. like you were saying, you re going to try to get them all out? you ve seen most recently,
In solidarity with all people and their fellow more than, with those who experience violence and discrimination, when we stand together. and looking back, we remember. the vast majority of americans were unified in purpose. to help families heal. to help communities recover. to defend our nation and to keep us safe. in a time of outright terror, we turned toward each other. in the face of a stranger, we saw a nayeighbor and a friend. that time reminded us the significance and the strength of our unity as americans. and that it is possible in