On September 11, 2001, George W. Bush was faced with a crisis that created new demands on the Executive Branch not seen in our time.
In an unprecedented panel, veterans of the Bush administration describe how the executive branch functioned on that day and in the days immediately succeeding it, led by ABC correspondent Ann Compton, one of only two journalists on Air Force One throughout September 11.
Participants include Andrew Card, Michael Chertoff, Timothy E. Flanigan, Douglas Feith and Ari Fleischer.
Bio
Andrew Card
Andrew Card was the Chief of Staff from 2001-2006.
On November 26, 2000, Andrew H. Card, Jr., was appointed to be Chief of Staff in the presidential administration of Texas Governor George W. Bush. Mr. Card was chosen because of his impressive service record in the public and private sector, including serving in the administrations of two former presidents. Mr. Card's last day was April 14, 2006, making him the second-longest serving White House chief of staff.
Michael Chertoff
Michael Chertoff was the second United States Secretary of Homeland Security under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama and co-author of the USA PATRIOT Act.
He previously served as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, as a federal prosecutor, and as assistant U.S. Attorney General. He succeeded Tom Ridge as United States Secretary of Homeland Security on February 15, 2005.
Since leaving government service, Chertoff has worked as Senior Of Counsel at the Washington, D.C. law firm of Covington & Burling. He also co-founded the Chertoff Group, a risk management and security consulting company, which employs several senior officials from his time as Secretary of Homeland Security as well as Michael Hayden, a former Director of the National Security Agency and the Central Intelligence Agency.
Ann Compton
Ann Compton, ABC News White House Correspondent and the only reporter allowed to remain on Air Force One during the 9/11 attacks.
Compton was the first woman assigned to cover the White House by a television network and has covered seven presidential campaigns.
Douglas Feith
Douglas J. Feith served as the Under-Secretary of Defense for Policy for United States President George W. Bush from July 2001 until he resigned from his position effective August 8, 2005.
Feith's official responsibilities included the formulation of defense planning guidance and forces policy, United States Department of Defense (DoD) relations with foreign countries, and the DoD's role in U.S. Government inter-agency policymaking.
Timothy Flanigan
Timothy E. Flanigan, Deputy White House Counsel, 2000-2002, an attorney at the heart of the question of authority, including the authority to shoot down a commercial airliner.
Flanigan was connected by secure video to the rest of the President's legal team inside the White House Situation Room.
Ari Fleischer
Lawrence Ari Fleischer was the press secretary for U.S. President George W. Bush from January, 2001 to July, 2003.
Fleischer was born in Pound Ridge, New York. He graduated from Fox Lane High School in Bedford, New York in 1978, and graduated from Middlebury College in Vermont in 1982.
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