Bush comments at Executive Office Building
September 17, 2001: 7:58 AM

The President. I'm here to remind people that the best way to fight terrorism is to not let terrorism intimidate America. A lot of people who work in this building were deeply worried about their lives last week. There are a lot of courageous people here, and they're coming back to work. And I want to thank them for that and remind them we've all got a job to do, people digging out the rubble in New York have got a job to do, those of us in Government have a job to do.

Q. Mr. President, any reaction to the Taliban's refusal to——

The President. I'll talk to you all later.