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TACKED THIS MORNING BY A FACELESS COWARD, AND FREEDOM WILL BE DEFENDED. I WANT TO REASSURE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT THE FULL RESOURCES OF THE FEDERAL...
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| 00:00:31 |
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WHEN WE GOT THE PHONE CALL, AND AN EDITOR OF MINE SAID THAT I NEEDED TO HEAD OUT TO BARKSDALE BECAUSE A PLANE HAD CRASHED INTO THE WORLD TRADE CENTER...
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RADIO THAT I HAD TURNED ON IN MY OFFICE THAT AN AIRPLANE HAD APPARENTLY HIT ONE OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTERS. I HAD ORIGINALLY THOUGHT THAT PERHAPS...
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| 00:01:11 |
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PRESIDENT WAS ADDRESSING A CLASS OF SCHOOLCHILDREN IN FLORIDA AT THE TIME OF THE ATTACKS. AN AIDE CAME OVER AND TOLD HIM WHAT HAD HAPPENED. HE MAINTAINED...
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| 00:01:46 |
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WAS ALREADY ON ALERT BECAUSE THE BASE WAS INVOLVED IN AN EXERCISE THAT WAS A PREPLANNED EXERCISE THAT HAD BEEN GOING ON FOR SEVERAL DAYS ANYWAY....
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| 00:02:30 |
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BASE LOCATED IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA. IT'S ABOUT 22,000 ACRES. BARKSDALE OPENED ITS GATES IN EARLY FEBRUARY, 1933. IT STARTED OUT AS AN ARMY AIRFIELD....
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THIS STORY THROUGH OUR WING COMMANDER AT THE TIME, BRIGADIER GENERAL CURTIS BED KEY. WE ALREADY HAD A COMMAND POST FULLY ACTIVATED AND GENERAL BED ...
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| 00:04:01 |
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HERE, THEY WERE ALREADY IN A FULL LOCKDOWN OF THE BASE, ONLY LETTING ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL ON. MEDIA, OF COURSE, WE WITH WERE NOT CONSIDERED ESSENTIAL...
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| 00:04:31 |
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APPROPRIATE SECURITY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. OUR MILITARY AT HOME AND AROUND THE WORLD IS ON HIGH ALERT STATUS. AND WE HAVE TAKEN...
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IN, IT WAS UNDER ESCORT BY TWO F 16 FIGHTERS THAT WERE -- THAT HAD BEEN SCRAMBLED FROM ELLINGTON FIELD OUTSIDE OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, TO MEET "AIR FORCE...
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| 00:06:42 |
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BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS A TIME IN ITS HISTORY THAT THIS BASE WAS AS IMPORTANT IN THE LIFE OF THIS NATION AS IT WAS THAT DAY, IN ALL OF ITS 68 YEARS OF...
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| 00:07:21 |
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OF, WOW, WE PARTICIPATED IN HISTORY TODAY. WE'LL TAKE A MOMENT TO REFLECT ON THAT BECAUSE THERE REALLY WASN'T ANY TIME. WE SIMPLY MOVED FROM EXERCISE...
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| 00:07:36 |
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DAY, EVERYBODY WAS DOING THEIR JOB 110%, 120%, WHEREAS AT THE START OF THE DAY THEY WERE DOING THEIR JOB 98% TO 100%. THINGS TOOK ON A WHOLE NEW...
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| 00:08:11 |
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LONG, "AMERICAN HISTORY TV" IS DETOURING SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA. LEARN MORE ABOUT SHREVEPORT AND FIND OUT WHERE C-SPAN'S LOCAL CONTENT VEHICLES ARE...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.