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What's on Tap for D.C. Today?

Aired August 14, 2002 - 06:07   ET

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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: His one-day forum is done, and the president is on the move again today. Where is he off to this time?
For that and more, we turn to our Washington deputy bureau chief, Steve Redisch. He is back on the phone live with us.

Good morning -- Steve.

STEVE REDISCH, CNN WASHINGTON DEPUTY BUREAU CHIEF: Good morning.

COSTELLO: So where is President Bush off to this time?

REDISCH: Upper Midwest, going to Wisconsin first, and then Iowa, which happens to be the first state up in the 2004 election process, at least so far, with the Iowa caucuses. He is going to attend fund- raisers in both states, in Wisconsin for the Republican governor, Scott McClellan, and -- I'm sorry -- Scott McCollum. And then, in Iowa, he'll go to the Iowa State Fair, which is up and running this week. Later this week, he'll be joined by the rest of the possible field of candidates for 2004.

COSTELLO: So this is a fund-raiser, as you like to say, F-U-N-D.

REDISCH: Fun or fund-raiser, yes, in both states.

COSTELLO: OK, got you. Hey, tell us about the workers moving back into the Pentagon today.

REDISCH: The outer ring that was hit by the plane was completed last month -- the construction was completed last month. Office workers, who have been housed in temporary facilities and in temporary offices throughout the Pentagon, will be packing up their belongings today, and their stuff will be moved overnight. And then, tomorrow morning, when they arrive back at work, they will be unpacking their belongings in their new offices in the damaged area of the Pentagon, the rebuilt area.

COSTELLO: This is likely to be quite an emotional time for them.

REDISCH: I would think so. They -- what we've been told is that for many of them, it's very private. The people who are packing up their offices can talk to the media if they want, if they choose. Many are not. Many just see this as just something that they want to keep to themselves, and is a very, very private type of thing.

COSTELLO: As far as you know, have any refused to be relocated -- or located back to that part of the building? REDISCH: As far as I know, no, but that's something that the Pentagon probably wouldn't tell us anyway.

COSTELLO: Yes. Well, we're glad the Pentagon is all rebuilt. That came ahead of schedule, didn't it?

REDISCH: Well ahead of schedule. They had said that, you know, they wanted to be done by the year's anniversary of the attack, and it was done well ahead of that.

COSTELLO: Oh, that's amazing. Steve Redisch, thank you, we'll let you get back to your busy day. Steve Redisch reporting live from Washington on the phone this morning.

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