President George W. Bush meets with the National Security Council the morning of Thursday, Sept. 20, 2001, in the Situation Room of the White House. Participants from left include: Robert Mueller, Director of the FBI; Lewis Libby, Chief of Staff to the Vice President; George Tenet, Director of the CIA; Attorney General John Ashcroft; Paul O'Neill, Secretary of Treasury; Vice President Dick Cheney; Colin Powell, Secretary of State; Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, and Gen. Henry Shelton, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Photo by Eric Draper, Courtesy of the George W. Bush President

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President George W. Bush meets with the National Security Council the morning of Thursday, Sept. 20, 2001, in the Situation Room of the White House. Participants from left include: Robert Mueller, Director of the FBI; Lewis Libby, Chief of Staff to the Vice President; George Tenet, Director of the CIA; Attorney General John Ashcroft; Paul O'Neill, Secretary of Treasury; Vice President Dick Cheney; Colin Powell, Secretary of State; Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, and Gen. Henry Shelton, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Photo by Eric Draper, Courtesy of the George W. Bush Presidential Library

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