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First, Bush tried to stop Congress
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from setting up its own 9/11 investigation.
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It's important for us to
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not reveal how we collect information;
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that's what the enemy wants.
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And we're fighting an enemy.
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When he couldn't stop Congress,
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he then tried to stop an independent 9/11 commission
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from being formed.
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The President's position was a break from history.
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Independent investigations were launched
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within days of Pearl Harbor
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and President Kennedy's assassination.
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But when Congress did complete
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its own investigation,
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the Bush White House censored
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twenty-eight pages of the report.
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The President is being pressed
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by all sides to declassify the report.
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US officials tell NBC news
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most of the secret sources involve Saudi Arabia.
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We have given extraordinary cooperation
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with Chairmen Kean and Hamilton.
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We haven't gotten the materials we needed,
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and we certainly haven't gotten them
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in a timely fashion.
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The deadlines we set have passed.
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Will you testify before the commission?
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This commission?
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Testify, I mean, I'd be glad to visit with them.
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What it will do is hold this in my heart,
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it has been in my heart since September 11th.
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I lost my husband, 15 years.
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I'm now by myself.
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Um, I need to know what happened to him.
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I know what I got back from the autopsy.
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That man was my life and I have no plan.
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I'd taken a class and they asked me
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what was I gonna do in the next five years.
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And if I'm not doing something with this,
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I don't know what reason I have to live.
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So, it's very important.
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Very important. 'Kay.
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Ignored by the Bush administration,
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more than 500 relatives of 9/11 victims
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filed suit against Saudi royals and others.