- NEW YORK (Reuters)
- While President Bush was on board Air Force One the day of the Sept.
11, 2001, attacks, he was unable to hold video conferences, monitor news
coverage properly or receive key data from people on the ground, Business
Week reported in its latest edition.
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- The magazine said that as a result of communications
inadequacies on the presidential plane, Bush ordered the equipment on the
fleet of four presidential planes to be upgraded.
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- "The president was not happy," Adm. James Ellis
Jr., commander of the U.S. military's Strategic Command, was quoted as
saying in the Nov. 4 issue.
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- "He couldn't even watch CNN," Ellis added of
the day Bush flew around the country for his safety after the attacks in
New York and Washington.
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- It was only when Bush landed at Offutt Air Force base
in Nebraska that he was able to use Strat-Com's sophisticated equipment
to assess the situation and give orders, the magazine said.
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- Air Force Col. Robert Hudson was quoted as saying less
than $50 million was made available after Sept. 11, 2001, to upgrade the
presidential planes and two of them have already been completed.
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