Template:(8:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Some US Leaders

(8:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Some US Leaders Are Scattered; Others in Washington
Just prior to learning about the 9/11 attacks, top US leaders are scattered across the country and overseas:

Others are in Washington:
 * President Bush is in Sarasota, Florida.
 * Secretary of State Colin Powell is in Lima, Peru.
 * General Henry Shelton, chairman of the, is flying across the Atlantic on the way to Europe.
 * Attorney General John Ashcroft is flying to Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
 * Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Joe Allbaugh is at a conference in Montana.
 * Vice President Dick Cheney and National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice are at their offices in the White House.
 * Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is at his office in the Pentagon, meeting with a delegation from Capitol Hill.
 * CIA Director George Tenet is at breakfast with his old friend and mentor, former Senator David Boren, at the St. Regis Hotel, three blocks from the White House.
 * FBI Director Robert Mueller is in his office at FBI headquarters on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC.
 * Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta is at his office at the Department of Transportation.
 * Counterterrorism “tsar” Richard Clarke is at a conference in the Ronald Reagan Building, three blocks from the White House.