George W. Bush

In New York, the city that transformed his presidency three Septembers ago, Bush told the Republican convention, "We have fought the terrorists across the Earth -- not for pride, not for power, but because the lives of our citizens are at stake. . . . We have led, many have followed and America and the world are safer."

Bush stood a few kilometers from where two hijacked planes destroyed the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, to make his nationally televised appeal for another term.

The Japan Times Weekly: Sept. 11, 2004
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