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Rice argued with President Bush telling not to return White House after 9/11

In a heated exchange, Dr Condoleezza Rice had to argue with the US president George Bush, who was in Florida, telling him not to return to the White House because it was a potential terrorist target. She told the British Channel 4 documentary: ''The president got on the phone and he said: 'I'm coming back.' Condoleezza Rice ordered George Bush not to return to Washington after the 9/11 attacks before Get off the phone, the former national security adviser has revealed in a documentary interview. ''I said: 'You cannot come back here. The United States of America is under attack, you have to go to safety. We don't know what is going on here.' ''He said: 'I'm coming back.' I said: 'You can't.' ''I said to him in a raised voice, and I had never raised my voice to the president before, I said: 'You cannot come back here.' I hung up. ''The president was quite annoyed with me to say the least … I k...