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President George W. Bush receives a briefing on Hurricane Rita inside NORAD's U.S. Northern Command at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colo., Sept. 23, 2005.

Rita Briefing

President George W. Bush receives a briefing on Hurricane Rita inside NORAD's U.S. Northern Command at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colo., Sept. 23, 2005.

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