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Byline: Julia Reed
It is September 11, 2006, the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attack that killed 2,973 people on American soil, and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has started out the day fittingly enough. There was a church service. ("I couldn't help but remember the church service we had at National Cathedral just after the attacks, which was so emotional for us all.") There was a moment of silence-and a reunion of sorts-on the White House lawn. ("One of my first memories of that day is of sitting [in the bunker] with Transportation Secretary Norm Mineta, trying literally to track tail numbers on a piece of yellow legal pad.") And then there was the ...