TY - JOUR T1 - 'Our Mission and Our Moment': George W. Bush and September 11th JF - Rhetoric & Public Affairs Y1 - 2003 A1 - Murphy, John M. KW - Aristotle KW - epideictic KW - genre KW - president AB - This essay explores the ways in which President George W. Bush explained theterrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Through his choice of genre, use of visual imagery, and creation of an American people, Bush crafted the authority to dominate public interpretation of those events and the appropriate response to them. VL - 6 SP - 607–632 N1 - + pdf ER -