No one alive on September 11, 2001, will ever forget the shock and horror of that day, most especially the man who was recently elected the 43rd president of the United States, George W. Bush. Was he prepared to meet the moment? Elizabeth Spalding, senior fellow at Pepperdine University School of Public Policy, describes the path that brought him to that day.

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