Response to National Tragedy

Thank you.

Ladies and gentlemen, this is a

difficult moment for America.

I, um,

unfortunately will be going back to Washington after my remarks.

Secretary Rod Paige and lieutenant governor will take the

podium and discuss

education.

I do wanna thank the folks here at, uh, at, uh, Booker Elementary School for their

hospitality.

Uh, today we've had a national tragedy.

Two airplanes have crashed into the World Trade

Center in an apparent terrorist attack on our country.

I have spoken to the vice president,

to the governor of New York,

to the director of the FBI,

and have ordered that the full resources of the federal

government

go to help the victims and their families and the f-- and

to conduct a full-scale investigation to

hunt down and to find those folks

who committed this act.

Terrorism against our nation will not stand.

And now if you join me in a moment of

silence.

May God bless the victims, their families, and America. Thank you very much.