I find it completely unbelievable that rational people with some intelligence would give GWB any credibility for sitting there for seven minutes and doing absolutely nothing.

The point is not whether he needed to do anything in that time period. Odds are that all of the previous Bush champions are correct..........if he left immediately upon hearing the news, the events would have played out in exactly the same way as they previously occurred.

But, any person in the position of the President, who has a clue what to do, would immediately leave the children to go and get more information. The one line tidbit, provided as whisper in his ear, would leave him with a whole slew of questions that require a lot of answers. You would expect such a man to get right out and move to get that information. You would not expect him to sit there for seven minutes with a look of absolute fright on his face.

The combination of the seven minute delay, and the look on his face, tells anybody who bothers to look that this President didn't have a clue on what to do..........just like he is clueless on most every other endeavor that he ventures into.

In reality, as Koop mentioned, he could have sat there all day and had sloppy-joes with the kids.........the mechanisms in place would have dealt with the situation. That's the legacy of George Bush. Leave it to others to do the job of the President...........he's too busy cutting brush down in Texas.