President meets his national security advisers

Описание: (14 Aug 2006)
1. Wide shot of US President George W. Bush with Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Vice President Dick Cheney and senior military advisers
2. Cutaway of advisers at table
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush, US President:
"We've got a lot to discuss. It's very important for the American people to know that we're constantly thinking about how to secure the homeland, protect our interests and use all assets available to do our jobs. I appreciate very much you and your team providing the very important briefing. We live in troubled times, but I'm confident in our capacity to not only protect the homeland, but I'm confident in our capacity to leave behind a better world."
4. Wide shot of meeting
STORYLINE:
US President George W. Bush said on Monday that "we live in troubled times" but expressed confidence about protecting the United States from harm.
On his first day back from vacation, Bush went to the Pentagon to meet his national security advisers.
He sat around a table with Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Vice President Dick Cheney and others.
Bush was to travel to the State Department later to meet with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
In remarks just prior to his Pentagon meeting, Bush said it was "important for the American people to know that we're constantly thinking about how to secure the homeland" and protect US interests.
Bush's meetings came on the first day of a Mideast ceasefire, but the list of challenges spreads far beyond the fighting between Hezbollah and Israel.
While that battle has dominated headlines and the attention of the administration's diplomatic team, sectarian violence has surged in Iraq and created what some consider the greatest threat to stability since Saddam Hussein's regime was toppled three years ago.
Nearly 12-thousand US and Iraqi soldiers are being sent into Baghdad to curb the surge.
Meanwhile, efforts to get North Korea and Iran to restrict their nuclear ambitions remained stalled.
Bush's visits to the Pentagon and State Department were the first of several that he plans this week with key advisers.
On Tuesday he is scheduled to meet with his homeland security team at the National Counter-terrorism Centre, and on Friday he is scheduled to attend a summit with economic advisers at the Camp David presidential retreat.

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