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The full transcript of the interview is here. Senator Obama also discussed the 2008 presidential campaign and the war in Iraq. Of things, but the one thing we agree on is that we cannot have a - we cannot tolerate a policy of torture in this country. You know, John McCain and I disagree on a lot And we have to have a clear policy, one that I think Republicans and Democrats can embrace. I think this administration basically viewed any tactic as acceptable, as long as it could spin it and keep it out of the public eye.Īnd I think that we’ve got to do a thorough investigation on this. That a 2005 Justice Department opinion provided explicit authorization to barrage terror suspects with a combination of painful physical and psychological tactics, including head-slapping, simulated drowning andįrigid temperatures, during an appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” with Joe Scarborough. The Illinois senator was asked about The New York Times’s report today Some 343 firefighters and 60 police officers were killed when the towers collapsed in New York.Senator Barack Obama was first out of the 2008 pack today in denouncing the Justice Department’s secret authorization for expansive use of severe interrogation techniques, calling it “wrong-headed, as
Some families of victims had demanded the president stay away from any 9/11 ceremonies unless he declassified government documents they believe will show Saudi Arabian leaders supported the attacks.Įarlier this month, Biden ordered the justice department to declassify and release documents related to the investigation of the attacks, promising that the files would be published in batches over the next six months – “except when the strongest possible reasons counsel otherwise”.Īs three of the four most recent US presidents attend official ceremonies, Donald Trump, a distinctly unpopular figure in New York City, will reportedly visit the 9/11 memorial on Saturday afternoon, once the ceremony has finished and after Biden has left the city.Īs cities across the US hold their own ceremonies, a commemoration in Detroit will see local religious leaders speak, and be marked by an aircraft flyover.Īnd in Malibu, California, 2,977 flags, one for every person who was killed in the attacks, have been raised in an annual Waves of Flags ceremony, while fire departments around the country will hold periods of silence. At dusk New Yorkers will be able to see the annual New York City “tribute in light” – two high-powered beams soaring into the sky, from where the towers once stood.īiden will travel to Shanksville from New York on Saturday afternoon, before visiting the Pentagon for a wreath-laying ceremony, but there had been objections about his presence as recently as August.
George W Bush, who was less than a year into his presidency when the attacks took place, will give a speech, and at 10.03am, the time when Flight 93 crashed, the names of the passengers and crew members, who were all killed, will be read out.īoth ceremonies are limited to families only, but commemorations will dominate US television networks, who also plan to stream the memorials online. In Pennsylvania, a ceremony will begin at 9.45am at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, about 60 miles south-east of Pittsburgh. There will be six moments of silence during the ceremony, marking the moment each tower was struck and the time each fell, as well as the moment when the Pentagon was attacked, and the time that Flight 93 crashed in Pennsylvania after passengers stopped it reaching its likely intended target of the US Capitol. The names of each victim will be read out in a solemn ceremony with a tolling bell, lasting several hours. Family members of the victims will gather at the 9/11 memorial, at the site where the twin towers of the World Trade Center stood and then collapsed as a hijacked jet was flown into each.
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Small memorial ceremonies will be held across the US, and millions are expected to tune in to coverage that will blanket the TV networks throughout the day.īiden is due to fly into New York on Friday night, and join a ceremony along with Obama at 8.30am on Saturday.
Joe Biden will visit all three sites, and will be joined at Ground Zero in New York by Barack Obama, whom he served for two terms as vice-president.
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