Bush "Speeds Up Review of 9/11 Proposals" but Congress needed for real

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changes - but will the media notice that a few port/shipping rule changes being done by Bush executive order is not implementing the 911 recommendations for Intel Cabinet level post and for a new intel bureau in White House?

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-bush27jul27.story

Bush Urges Aides to Speed Up Review of 9/11 Proposals
As Congress schedules hearings on the panel's findings, the president tries to take the initiative on intelligence reform from his Texas ranch.
By Maura Reynolds
Times Staff Writer

July 27, 2004

CRAWFORD, Texas — President Bush tried to seize the initiative on intelligence reform Monday, meeting with aides and urging them to accelerate their review of proposals issued by the independent commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks.

The president, who is keeping out of sight at his Texas ranch during the Democratic National Convention, used a video link to take part in the meeting at the White House that included Vice President Dick Cheney, Chief of Staff Andrew H. Card Jr., acting CIA Director John McLaughlin, Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and national security advisor Condoleezza Rice.

Cheney joined the call from Jackson, Wyo., where he was campaigning.

"The president has asked the group to fast-track their review and the implementation of the recommendations," White House spokeswoman Claire Buchan told reporters during a briefing in Crawford. "To the extent that there are some recommendations that could be acted on sooner rather than later, the president could certainly act within days on some, obviously longer on others."<snip>