Bush says he answered every question from Sept 11 panel

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WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W. Bush (news - web sites) said that he and Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites) answered every question put to them by the panel investigating the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

In a brief appearance in the White House Rose Garden, hastily announced after the three hour and ten minute session Bush suggested that the panel members were already looking to the report they are to issue in late July.

"There was a lot of interest about how to better protect America. In other words, they're very interested in the recommendations that they're going to lay out," he told reporters.

Asked for the reasons behind his unprecedented insistence on Cheney's presence, Bush replied: "I think it was important for them to see our body language as well, how we work together."

The president ducked a question on whether he owed it to the families of the roughly 3,000 victims of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon (news - web sites) to record the session or provide a transcript.