The Executive Branch Reacts to 9/11

Surrounded by his staff, President George W. Bush calls New York Governor George Pataki, FBI Director Robert Mueller and Vice President Dick Cheney Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, from Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, Fla. Pictured from left are: Andy Card, White House Chief of Staff; Ari Fleischer, Press Secretary, and Dan Bartlett, Deputy Assistant to the President. Photo by Eric Draper, Courtesy of the George W. Bush Presidential Library/Getty Images