United States President George W. Bush is scheduled to deliver a major speech on Monday to discuss the next phase of the global war on terrorism.
The White House speech is planned to coincide with the six-month anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks on US cities. The President is due to give "a major speech" to "discuss the future of the missions that lie ahead in protecting the world from terrorism," a White House spokesman said during the weekend, according to KUNA.
About 1,300 people are to join Bush on the south lawn of the White House for the mid-morning event, along with members of Congress, more than 150 ambassadors in Washington, some 300 family members of those who lost their lives during the attacks, as well as military representatives of coalition leaders based at Centcom in Florida.
The White House event is one of four that the US administration is scheduled to commemorate on Monday to mark the six-month anniversary of the attacks. The other three will be held in London, NYC and at the Pentagon in Washington.
At the Pentagon on Monday, US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is due to welcome military leaders based in Centcom representing all US allies who are fighting in the war on terrorism, the White House spokesman said.
The coalition military leaders are due to be taken on a tour of the reconstructed area of the Pentagon, which was hit by one of the hijacked airliners on September 11.
Elsewhere, in London on Monday, US Vice President Dick Cheney will join British Prime Minister Tony Blair at 10 Downing Street to commemorate the September 11 attacks and "to remember the lives of people from other nations who were lost," the white house spokesman added. (Albawaba.com)
