To mark the anniversary of 9/11, President Bush gave a prime-time televised address. He said the United States was in the early hours of a struggle between tyranny and freedom. Much of the address focused not on the attacks of 2001 but on Iraq.

• President Bush: “Whatever mistakes have been made in Iraq, the worst mistake would be to think that if we pulled out, the terrorists would leave us alone. They will not leave us alone. They will follow us. The safety of America depends on the outcome of the battle in the streets of Baghdad.”