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Article: AMERICA STOPS TO HEAR ITS LEADER'S WAR CRY.
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- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- March 18, 2003
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Byline: JAMES LANGTON
IT WAS a long, grim day that, as darkness fell, saw the American people turn once again to their president for leadership.
At exactly 8pm in Washington the nation fell silent to watch George Bush step before the TV cameras at the White House to deliver what barely a day earlier he had called the "moment of truth".
They watched, as families have not done for many years, gathered together around television sets in living rooms or at dinner tables. On the west coast, as the sun set, they listened on car radios in traffic jams on the Los Angeles freeways.
His words prepared a nation for battle. "The United States of ...