Thanks for the post and the ping..... Very different times we live in today......
Russia has been a strong partner in the fight against terrorism. It's an interesting story for me to report. I was on Air Force One the day of the attack, working my way back to Washington via Louisiana and Nebraska -- (laughter) -- making sure that the President was safe and secure. The first phone call I got from a foreign leader was President Putin. He told us that he recognized that I had put our troops on alert. I did so because, for the first time in a long period of time, America was under attack. It only happened once -- twice, I guess -- the War of 1812 and Pearl Harbor. In the old days when America put their troops on attack, Russia would have responded and put her troops on alert, which would have caused the American President maybe to put a higher alert, and Russia a higher alert, and all of a sudden, we would have had two conflicts instead of one. But not this President. This President recognized we're entering into a new era and his call was, don't worry, we know what you're up against, we stand with you and we will not put our troops on alert, for the good of the United States of America.
I'm sure attack should have been alert....
Yes, it should be alert, although the President misspoke those words himself.
Just goes to show you that the White House is honest. They even put the flubs in the transcripts.