Bush: 'The Trumpet of Freedom Has Been Sounded'

NPR | By David Greene

Published March 8, 2005 at 12:00 AM EST

In a speech at the National Defense University in Washington Tuesday, President Bush drew a parallel between the Sept. 11 attacks and the World War II assault on Pearl Harbor, saying both were catalysts that drove efforts to defeat authoritarian governments.

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