Former President George W. Bush speaks at the 9-11 Memorial in Shanksville and compares the January 6th rioters to the 9-11 terrorist.

Joe Biden surrendered to al-Qaeda continues on 9-11, and Democrats turn to interneasing warfare over their $3.5 trillion budget buster.

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so I was 17, 16, 17, right on that cusp. And he was president, obviously, for the next eight

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