student: david schreck. this question is for mr. christie. i was wondering, what was the message being communicated after the week of 9/11? it was -- it was a tough day for the country. it was a tough day to be in the white house. a tough day for me to advise the vice president of the united states. our entire focus went from what tocall domestic priorities working on a tax-cut to domestic consequences. we grounded all civil aviation. we closed most of the maritime ports in the country. a few days later the president had a national prayer celebration. in the days after the celebration the focus went to prayer and remembrance. who brought the opportunity to heal as a country. what our message was, president bush tried to reassure the country that every agency and every entity was doing everything that they could to prevent an attack on the country again and that we needed to move forward and heal and that the terrorists would win if we succumbed and set around and felt sorry for ourselves. was very difficult for us as a country and very diffic