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1:04 p.m. September 11, 2001: Military on High Alert Worldwide

2001-09-11 1:04 p.m.

President Bush announces that the US military has been put on high alert worldwide. [CNN, 9/12/2001; Associated Press, 8/21/2002] Apparently, this occurs in a televised speech that was actually recorded half an hour earlier.