Suddenly, a time to lead

First of three parts

The United States launched its counterattack on Osama bin Laden’s terror network in Afghanistan one year ago today. Bill Sammon, senior White House correspondent for The Washington Times, tells the inside story of President Bush’s war on terror in his new book, “Fighting Back” (Regnery).
























An accident report













Ksht, ksht, ksht, ksht.

No alarm bells



























Ksht, ksht, ksht.

Ksht, ksht, ksht, ksht.

Ksht, ksht, ksht, ksht, ksht.


Partisan calculations



























The immediate job



















A new convert
















Finding the words







The president, aloft in Air Force One, navigates “the fog of war.”