9月18日,星期二随着备战工作的展开,布什开始考虑如何向国民和全世界解释他要做的事。他想在国会两院的联席会议上宣布他的反恐计划。但在定下演讲日期前,他必须对自己讲话的调子和要说的话心中有底。布什是星期天下午从戴维营回到白宫后才开始筹划这次演讲的。星期一早上,布什对休斯说,“我要在今晚7点拿到讲稿。”休斯心想,要在这么短的时间里写就如此重要的讲话稿,相当困难。她将总统的指示传达给总统讲话撰稿人格尔森。自布什竞选时起,格尔森与另两位撰稿人斯卡利和麦克奈尔就一直为布什撰写最重要的讲话稿。三人埋头工作了一整天,好歹在晚上拿出了 Tuesday, September 18 As preparations for work begin, Bush begins to think about how to explain to the nation and the world what he wants to do. He wants to announce his anti-terrorism plan at a joint meeting of both houses of parliament. But before setting a date for his speech, he must have a bottom of mind about the tone of his speech and the words to be spoken. Bush started his speech on this Sunday afternoon after Camp David returned to the White House. On Monday morning, Bush said to Hughes, “I’m going to get my speech tonight at 7:00.” Hughes thought it would be quite difficult to write such an important speech in such a short period of time. She relayed the president’s instructions to Gerdsen, the presidential speaker. Since the Bush campaign, Gellsen and two other copywriters, Scully and McNair, have been writing the most important speeches for Bush. Three work hard all day long, at any rate in the evening out