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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: greenspirit who wrote (191909)	10/13/2001 11:05:03 PM
From: calgal	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769669

Bush Reassures Anxious Nation in Weekly Radio Address WASHINGTON — President Bush said Saturday he knows that many Americans are anxious about the threat of more terrorist attacks. But he said people should be assured that "the country is alert and the great power of the American nation will be felt." Bush, in his weekly radio address, said the United States was "taking the war to the enemy and we are strengthening our defenses here at home." The goals of the first phase of the air campaign have been achieved, he said. The president noted that he used his radio speech a week ago to issue a final warning to the Taliban to surrender Osama bin Laden and other terrorists or face the consequences. "They did not listen, and they are paying a price," he said. Bush conducted a 30-minute video conference from Camp David, Md., on Saturday with national security officials at the presidential retreat and in the capital. Joining from Washington were Vice President Richard Cheney, Secretary of State Colin Powell and Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld. With the president were Condoleezza Rice, the national security adviser, CIA Director George Tenet and Andrew Card, Bush's chief of staff. Rice updated Bush on preparations for his trip next week to China for the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, where he will meet with world leaders. In the radio address, Bush said the American and British air campaign against Taliban military targets has been performed with skill and courage and has met its objectives. "We have disrupted the terrorist network inside Afghanistan," he said. "We have weakened the Taliban's military. And we have crippled the Taliban's air defenses." "American forces dominate the skies over Afghanistan and we will use that dominance to make sure terrorists can no longer freely use Afghanistan as a base of operations," the president said. Bush made clear the campaign is not over and that the United States believes that "the best defense against terrorism is a strong offensive against terrorism." "That work continues," he said. Bush said it is understandable that "many Americans are feeling uneasy" as the possibility rises of new terrorist attacks against U.S. interests. But he said Americans should be assured that the government is taking strong precautions, "we are vigilant, we are determined, the country is alert and the great power of the American nation will be felt." Many Americans are asking what they can do as individuals, Bush said. "Americans already contribute to the war on terror by their patience and patriotism, by their resolve and generosity, he said. The president renewed his call on the nation's children to contribute a dollar each to help the children of Afghanistan. Addressing children directly, he said: "I urge you to show the best of America by directly helping the children of Afghanistan who are suffering from the oppression and misrule of their own government." Bush said contributions should be sent to: America's Fund for Afghan Children, The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington D.C., 20509-1600. "This is something the children of America can do for the children of Afghanistan, even as we oppose the brutal Taliban regime," the president said. foxnews.com