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75 Alison Mitchell, “Bush is reported set to name Cheney as partner on ticket,” The New York Times, July 25, 2000.
76 Zahid Hussain, “Taleban offers US deal to deport bin Laden,” London Times, February 5, 2001; Joseph Kahn & David E. Sanger, “President offers plan to promote oil exploration,” The New York Times, January 30, 2001; Eric Schmitt, “Cheney assembles formidable team,” The New York Times, February 3, 2001.
77 Joe Stephens & David B. Ottaway, “Afghan roots keep adviser firmly in the inner circle,” The Washington Post, November 23, 2001.
78 Christopher Ogden, “Good News/Bad News in the Great Game,” Time magazine, October 14, 1996.
79 Preston Mendenhall, “Afghanistan’s cash crop wilts,” MSNBC.com, May 23, 2001; Robin Wright, “U.S. pledges $43 million to ease Afghanistan famine,” Los Angeles Times, May 18, 2001.
80 Molly Moore, “Iran fighting a losing drug war; armed villagers struggle to seal Afghanistan border,” The Washington Post, July 18, 2001; Jerry Seper, “Cash flow for Taliban eyed as reason for opium surge,” The Washington Times, October 3, 2001; “What is the role of drugs/heroin in Afghanistan conflict,” Foreign Policy In Focus, December 5, 2001.
81 Michael Elliott, et al., “They had a plan; Long before 9/11, the White House debated taking the fight to al-Qaeda,” Time magazine, August 12, 2002; Chris Mondics, “US courted, castigated Taliban,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 21, 2001; George Arney, “US ‘planned attack on Taleban’” BBC News, September 18, 2001; David Leigh, “Attack and Counter Attack,” The Guardian, September 26, 2001; Jonathan Steele, et al., “Threat of US strikes passed to Taliban weeks before NY attack,” The Guardian, September 22, 2001; “US tells Taliban: End bin Laden aid,” The Chicago Tribune, August 3, 2001; Barton Gellman, “A strategy’s cautious evolution,” The Washington Post, January 20, 2002; David B. Ottaway & Joe Stephens, “Diplomats met with Taliban on bin Laden; some contend US missed its chance,” The Washington Post, October 29, 2001.
82 Ilene R. Prusher, et al., “Afghan power brokers,” The Christian Science Monitor, June 10, 2002.
83 Balia Bukharbayeva, “$5 billion gas pipeline planned in Afghanistan,” The Associated Press, December 28, 2002.
84 Tom Bayles, “The day before everything changed, President Bush touched locals’ lives,” Sarasota Herald-Tribune, September 10, 2002.
85 “Transcript American Airlines Flight 11,” The New York Times, October 16, 2001; Dan Balz & Bob Woodward, “America’s chaotic road to war,” The Washington Post, January 27, 2002; Alan Levin, et al., “Part I: Terror attacks brought drastic decision: clear the skies,” USA Today, August 12, 2002.
86 “President meets with displaced workers in town hall meeting,” Official White House transcript, December 4, 2001.
87 “President holds town hall forum on economy in California,” Official White House transcript, January 5, 2002. Here, Bush stated, “first of all, when we walked into the classroom, I had seen this plane fly into the first building. There was a TV set on. And you know, I thought it was pilot error and I was amazed that anybody could make such a terrible mistake. And something was wrong with the plane, or—anyway, I’m sitting there . . .”
88 Stephanie Schorow, “What did Bush see and when did he see it?” Boston Herald, October 22, 2002.
89 William Langley, “Revealed: What really went on during Bush’s ‘missing hours,’” London Telegraph, December 16, 2001.
90 “September 11, 2001: Basic Facts,” United States State Department, August 15, 2002.
91 David E. Sanger & Don Van Natta, Jr., “In four days, a national crisis changes Bush’s Presidency,” The New York Times, September 16, 2001.
92 Ibid.
93 Bob Woodward and Dan Eggen, “Aug. memo focused on attacks in US,” The Washington Post, May 18, 2002.
94 “Timeline in terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001,” The Washington Post, September 12, 2001.
95 Ibid.
96 Ibid.