Reply #6: SECNAV briefed on Sep. 11 while away [View All]

010911-N-5636P-001 Sep. 11, 2001-- The Honorable Gordon England, Secretary of the Navy, left, Rear Admiral Christopher Weaver, center, Commandant Naval District Washington, and Vice Admiral Timothy Keating, right, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Plans, Policy and Operations, lean closer to the phone as the first damage assessment reports from the Pentagon come in just hours after the terrorist attack on Sep. 11, 2001. The Secretary was in Texas at the time of the attack and immediately returned to Washington, where he was taken to an undisclosed location to be briefed U.S. Navy Photo by Chief Photographer's Mate Dolores L. Parlato. (RELEASED)
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Or so they say.....