Bush on 9/11 News: That Was His 'Calm' Look

George Bush tells an interviewer for National Geographic that the look on his face when he was informed that the U.S. had been attacked by terrorists in 2001 was a projection of calm.

"... I made the decision not to jump up immediately and leave the classroom. I didn't want to rattle the kids. I wanted to project a sense of calm. I had been in enough crises to know that the first thing a leader has to do is to project calm.''

So, those of us who thought the look was confused terror were all wrong. How 'bout that?

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