[craig_eddy]

I'm sorry, but President Bush should return to D.C. and address the world from the Oval Office.

"We shall not be chased from our homes."

[craig_eddy]

I'm sorry, but President Bush should return to D.C. and address the world from the Oval Office.

"We shall not be chased from our homes."

[X-Servative]

GO TO THE WHITE HOUSE AND LEAD PRESIDENT BUSH!!!

[DouglasKC]

Playing it smart. The situation is still unsettled. He's most likely at Offut AFB. The safest place for him is in the air under escort until they can figure out who did it and if they plan on more attacks.

[Renatus]

Please, God, protect our President Bush and while you are at it please consider giving Peter Jennings and Katie Couric rectal cancer.

[lawgirl]

Omaha is where SAC is-the Strategic Air Command- which I believe is the control headquarters for all air force movement in the country. (at least that's what they told us when I toured it as a kid.) I would like to see President Bush go back to Washington, but I am most worried for his safety.

[jackbill]

Fox News is reporting that there is arguing going on between the Secret Service - which wants the President to go to some safe place (NORAD?) - and the President's political advisors, who want him to go back to the White House.

I am a strong supporter of President Bush. If he doesn't go back to the White House immediately he will lose my respect. Leadership demands that he be at the center of government, not hiding in some remote hideyhole.

[Hat-Trick]

Local news confirms AF1 has landed at Offutt-AFB, in Omaha.

Offutt-AFB is home of the Strategic Command (STRATCOM), formerly Strategic Air Command. Interesting choice of destinations. Hopefully he is not just there to get the current world nuclear weapons status update.

Pray for the victims and their families as well as for all of those who won't be able to get home tonight.

Hat-Trick

Omaha, Nebraska

[Reagan Man]

Its been reported on Fox that President Bush may be headed here to Colorado Springs to stay at the NORAD facility. That might be okay for tonight, but he needs to get back to Wash-DC ASAP!

The President needs to get visible quickly, but things first have to be made secure for his arrival.

Then the President, Congress and the military need to start planning a proper and swift retaliation against whoever caused this horrific act.

[james_hayes]

I saw Air Force One land and F-16’s are circling the base…

[Inspector Harry Callahan]

He is probably staying away from DC for good reason. Someone on NBC said that most of Congress had been evacuated to safer locations. The SS has probably got some intel on the DC area and are a little spooked to take POTUS there at this time. Besides, Junior can execute his duties anywhere.

[sendtoscott]

Andrea Mitchell sez Bush has failed to be our "Comforter in Cheif". That's a direct quote.

[George W. Bush]

Offut's SAC facilities will withstand modern tactical nukes but not multiple hydrogen bombs. It was the hardened HQ for SAC to direct nuclear defense, standing in that role before the construction of Cheyenne Mountain. Offut is probably second only to Cheyenne Mountain in its safety. The Secret Service was wise to choose this location.

I expect he will stay there until returning to Washington. Being in the air is far more dangerous for him than being in one of the federal bunders like Offut.

[F-117A]

Bush is at Offut Airforce base outside Omaha. This is the headquarters for STRATCOM, the US Strategic Command Center for US Strategic forces.

The facilicty was closed off earlier, sandbags were placed to to control traffic into the base.

[dnandell]

Do not attack our President at this time, Sir. If you had any knowledge of the military you would realize that Omaha was the headquarters of Strategic Air Command. The Commander in Chief is organizing the troops. He doesn't need to be in the White House to do that. At this time Air Force 1 is the white house. Come on people! DO NOT FIND ANY REASON TO BITCH ABOUT OUR LEADERS RIGHT NOW. Pickett didn't bitch to Lee. No one ever bitched to General Patton. This is a time to fight!!!

[Edmund Burke]

I imagine his next stop will be Peoria.

[Jim Noble]

Bush should address a joint session of Congress in the Capitol TONIGHT!

Terrorism is theater (among other things). The government of Upper Volta has to scurry when attacked because they are a thin veneer on top of chaos.

Our hired hands are eminently replaceable (by us).

God protect them, but should they die in the course of duty we will replace them.

They are not barons, they are not nobility-let 'em earn their money, for once.

[freepersup]

reporting: President is teleconferencing with his entire National Security Team at Offut, per press pool reporter. VP Cheney is at the White House

[GVnana]

The best place for the President is a safe place.

NO QUARTER for the Enemy. God Bless America.

[independentmind]

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