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TOP AIDE TO VICE PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY AND WAS WITH HIM WHEN THE SECRET SERVICE PHYSICALLY REMOVED HIM FROM THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICES TO A SECURE BUNKER....
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TO VICE PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY, HOW DID YOUR MORNING OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, BEGIN? >> YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A
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| 00:00:39 |
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FEELING OF ALMOST BACK TO SCHOOL BECAUSE BEFORE THE SUMMER HAD -- WE DIDN'T LET OUT FOR THE SUMMER, BUT EVERYBODY GENERALLY TOOK THE LAST WEEK OF AUGUST...
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| 00:01:28 |
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THE GATES AT THE WHITE HOUSE ON THAT MORNING, DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT TIME YOU ENTERED AND SOME OF THE FIRST THINGS YOU DID? >> WELL, SENIOR STAFF
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| 00:01:37 |
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HAD TO BE THERE EVERY DAY AT 6:30 OR 7:00. I BELIEVE WE HAD SENIOR STAFF MEETING AT 7:00, 7:30 AT THE LATEST. I CAN'T REMEMBER. BUT I NEVER EVEN...
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| 00:01:59 |
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WORD ABOUT A PLANE HITTING THE FIRST TOWER AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER IN NEW YORK? >> WELL, I HAD
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| 00:02:06 |
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A WEST WING OFFICE AND AN OLD EXECUTIVE BUILDING OFFICE. AND THAT MORNING I HAPPENED TO HAVE BEEN IN MY WEST WING OFFICE, WHICH WAS A FLOOR ABOVE THE...
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| 00:03:57 |
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THE 15, 20 MINUTES BETWEEN THE FIRST PLANE AND SECOND PLANE. OBVIOUSLY ALL OF AMERICA, THE WHITE HOUSE KNEW IMMEDIATELY IT WAS AN ACT OF TERRORISM,...
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| 00:04:19 |
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THIS. IF IT -- I KNEW THAT WE -- IT WAS SUCH AN UNUSUAL AND TRAGIC EVENT. MY GUT MIGHT HAVE BEEN DIRECTING ME TO GO DOWN THERE KNOWING THAT THE PRESIDENT...
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| 00:05:48 |
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THE EXPRESSION IS THE SECOND PLANE HIT THE SECOND TOWER. DO YOU HAVE A RECOLLECTION OF WHAT PEOPLE WHAT THEIR FACES SAID AT THE TIME? >> WELL, I
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| 00:05:57 |
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WAS WITH THE VICE PRESIDENT. HIS SPEECH WRITER WAS THERE. AND IT WAS -- IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T REMEMBER. IT'S JUST THAT THERE WASN'T -- THE FACES WERE...
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| 00:06:54 |
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WENT DOWNSTAIRS TO THE SITUATION ROOM AND THERE ARE NOW SOME FAMOUS ICONIC PHOTOGRAPHS OF YOU AND KAREN HUGHES AND NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR CONDOLEEZZA...
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| 00:07:15 |
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YES. IT TOOK A WHILE FOR EVERYBODY TO ACTUALLY GET TO THAT ROOM. AND IT HADN'T BEEN REALLY USED FOR ITS INTENDED PURPOSE WHICH WAS TO BE A BOMB SHELTER...
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| 00:10:21 |
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TO A COUPLE OF THE MOMENTS SHORTLY AFTER 9:00 WHEN THE SECOND PLANE HIT THE SECOND TOWER. REPORTS OF OTHER PLANES HEADING TO WASHINGTON, D.C. THERE...
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| 00:10:48 |
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STRONG, BUT THE INITIAL SECURITY REACTION WAS TOPNOTCH, OF COURSE, FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT. WHILE WE WERE IN HIS OFFICE MAKING CALLS TO NEW YORK, MAKING...
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| 00:14:23 |
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PERIOD THAT YOU WERE OUTSIDE BEFORE YOU WENT BACK INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE, DID YOU HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING AROUND THE WHITE HOUSE GROUNDS?...
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| 00:14:34 |
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YES. IT WAS QUITE SURREALISTIC. I REMEMBER THINKING CONTEMPORANEOUSLY, THIS IS LIKE MAD MAX, WHICH IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SCARY MOVIES OF ALL TIME. THERE...
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| 00:15:39 |
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BACK TO THE ISSUE OF TRYING TO GET IN TOUCH WITH PRESIDENT BUSH WHO WAS IN THE FLORIDA AT THE TIME AT AN EDUCATION EVENT. WE OF COURSE NOW KNOW WHAT...
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| 00:16:07 |
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OF CONNECTIVITY AND SECURITY AND THEIR CONCERN ABOUT -- AND I THINK THIS HAS BEEN CHRONICLED. I'M NOT TELLING ANY SECRETS, REAL CONCERN ABOUT HAVING...
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| 00:18:00 |
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THE PENTAGON? WHEN DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THAT? >>
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| 00:18:03 |
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WHERE WERE YOU? AND WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION TO THAT ATTACK? >> AGAIN, WE NEVER
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| 00:18:08 |
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LOST WORK MODE. THAT IS FUZZY. THERE WAS A REAL CONCERN IN GETTING INFORMATION ABOUT THE CASUALTIES AT D.O.D. AND WE HAD HEARD THAT SECRETARY RUMSFELD...
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| 00:19:28 |
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COURSE WERE SEEING HISTORY UNFOLD FROM A VERY UNIQUE VANTAGE POINT. DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT YOU WERE THINKING? WHAT YOUR EMOTIONS WERE? WHAT WAS GOING...
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| 00:19:45 |
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HAVING A CONCERN FOR MY FAMILY -- MY KIDS IN PARTICULAR. MY HUSBAND WAS IN WASHINGTON. ONCE I REALIZED THAT TRAFFIC -- THERE WAS NO WAY TO GET BACK...
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| 00:22:34 |
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THIS TIME PERIOD OF MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON, DO YOU REMEMBER THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PRESIDENT BUSH AND VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY AND WHAT THAT...
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| 00:22:50 |
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IT SEEING THE VICE PRESIDENT'S SIDE IT WAS VERY ORDERLY, IT WAS VERY DEALING WITH THE PRIORITY TOPICS IN WHAT ORDER -- YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN TEN YEARS,...
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| 00:25:26 |
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GO BACK TO THE ISSUE OF THE PASSENGER PLANES AND THE ORDERS TO SHOOT TO KILL. AND YOU KIND OF WENT THROUGH WHAT THE PROCEDURE WOULD BE. WE SAW WHAT HAPPENED...
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| 00:25:53 |
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THERE WAS NOT TIME TO THINK OF IT LIKE THAT. IF THERE HAD BEEN A NONRESPONSIVE TO DO GREATER DAMAGE OR GREAT DAMAGE, THERE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN AN OPTION....
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| 00:26:58 |
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FIRST SEE PRESIDENT BUSH? WAS IT THAT MORNING ON TELEVISION? LATER IN THE DAY? >> YOU
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| 00:27:07 |
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KNOW, I'VE OBVIOUSLY -- KAREN AND ALL OF US WORKED ON, KAREN HUGHES, HIS COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, WE ALL WORKED ON HER STATEMENT WITH A NUMBER OF THINGS...
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| 00:29:28 |
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RAW OBVIOUSLY AROUND THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD. HOW DID YOU VIEW YOUR JOB, OR WAS IT YOUR JOB TO TRY TO BEGIN THE PROCESS THAT DAY IN PARTICULAR TO...
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| 00:29:51 |
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STORY WAS WE HAD A MINIMIZED AND EMIR LATE SOME OF OUR OWN FEARS. THAT DID NOT GIVE PEOPLE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE THAT WORKED THERE NOR DID IT GIVE OUR...
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| 00:33:17 |
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THE RIGHT WORD, BUT WAS THERE A MOMENT THAT DAY THAT YOU COULD TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND FEEL THAT THINGS WERE UNDER SOME SEMBLANCE OF CONTROL SEPTEMBER...
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| 00:33:36 |
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WAS A COMPLETELY INEXPLICABLE DAY, BUT I NEVER FELT -- WE WERE OUT OF CONTROL. I WAS GRATIFIED, RELIEVED TO -- AND I DID CRY I'M SURE WHEN I FINALLY...
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| 00:37:04 |
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DID YOU WORK ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S SPEECH TO THE NATION FROM THE OVAL OFFICE? >> HE
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| 00:37:10 |
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HAD -- NO. THE SHORT ANSWER IS NO. I REMEMBER HIS SHOWING IT TO ME IN THAT CIRCLE. BUT HE HAD IT ALL BASICALLY WRITTEN OUT HIMSELF HIS MAIN POINTS....
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| 00:38:26 |
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ON SEPTEMBER 10th A DIFFERENT DICK CHENEY ON SEPTEMBER 12th? >> THAT'S A
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| 00:38:36 |
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GOOD QUESTION. I THINK BECAUSE OF HIS WORK AS SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, HIS WORK ON HOMELAND DEFENSE, THERE'S AN INTERVIEW OR TWO PRECEDING 9/11, I THINK...
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| 00:40:39 |
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PRESIDENT'S SPEECH THAT EVENING UNTIL JUST BEFORE YOU LEFT EARLY THE FOLLOWING MORNING TO HEAD HOME TO BE WITH YOUR FAMILY, DO YOU REMEMBER HOW YOUR NIGHT...
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| 00:40:50 |
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NO. BEFORE YOU GOT HOME. BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH INTO THE EVENING. >> WELL, AS THE DAY
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| 00:41:01 |
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WORE ON, MORE AND MORE SENIOR STAFF WERE -- THE SPLIT OF THE DAY FOR ME WAS WHEN KAREN HUGHES AND I HAD TO SOMEHOW NAVIGATE OUR WAY TO BE ABLE TO READ...
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| 00:44:44 |
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QUICKLY. PIOC IS ACRONYM FOR? >> I DON'T KNOW,
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| 00:44:48 |
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STEVE. I NEVER KNEW WHAT IT WAS. PRESIDENTIAL, BLAH. IT'S OPERATION CENTER. IT'S THE BOMB SHELTER. WE HAVE AN ACRONYM FOR EVERYTHING. ALL I KNEW IS I...
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| 00:45:11 |
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THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF SEPTEMBER 11th? >> YOU KNOW, I --
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| 00:45:22 |
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WELL, I THINK PROBABLY IN NEW ORLEANS. ONE OF THE STRANGE THINGS THAT DIDN'T OCCUR TO ME UNTIL THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY WAS HOW MUCH I DIDN'T KNOW WAS GOING...
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| 00:47:04 |
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SO MARY MATALIN, TO YOUR CHILDREN, YOUR TWO DAUGHTERS, THOSE WHO MAY NOT REMEMBER THE EVENTS OF SEPTEMBER 11th WHAT SHOULD THEY KNOW ABOUT THAT CHAPTER...
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| 00:47:16 |
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FREE. THERE IS GOOD AND EVIL. THAT PEOPLE -- THERE IS EVIL OUT THERE THAT WANTS TO UNDO THIS VERY SPECIAL, YES, EXCEPTIONAL COUNTRY. AND WE HAVE...
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| 00:48:30 |
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JOINING US FROM NEW YORK. THANK YOU FOR SHARING WITH US YOUR PERSPECTIVES
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.