President Bush observed 9/11 with moment of silence....

President George W. Bush observed the seventh anniversary of 9/11 this morning at the White House with a moment of silence as he has each year since the attacks on America:

The moment of silence at the White House [occurred] at 8:46 a.m. -- the exact time that terrorists slammed the first of two jetliners into the World Trade Center. The Pentagon was struck about an hour later. Joining the president [was] First Lady Laura Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife, Lynne, members of Congress, Cabinet members, military officials and about 3,000 White House employees and guests.

The Pentagon ceremony will include a wreath laying, music and a reading of the names of the 184 who died on Flight 77 and inside the building. The Pentagon Memorial was built at a cost of $22 million on a 1.9-acre parcel of land adjacent to the Pentagon and within view of the crash site.

"The president thinks about 9/11 every single day when he wakes up and before he goes to bed," White House press secretary Dana Perino said Wednesday. "This is what he's concerned about. He's always been concerned about another attack on our country. Thankfully, we haven't had one."

No additional terrorism attacks have occurred on America under the leadership of President Bush. For that, we are thankful to him and to our military who fight to keep us safe. May God bless America.