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Bush Renews Sept. 11 Emergency Declaration
Key Excerpts from Article on Website of Washington Post
Washington Post, September 8, 2005
Posted: November 11th, 2006
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09...
Posted: November 11th, 2006
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09...
President Bush on Thursday renewed the national emergency he declared after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. In a letter to Congress, Bush said the nation is still under the terrorist threat that led him to declare a national emergency three days after the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The president's declaration allows for the mobilization of reserve military forces and other steps. By law, a national emergency declaration automatically expires on the anniversary date of its declaration unless the president renews it. Bush's action will renew the declaration for another year.