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Had been shot down that day in iraq. >> he took a lot of this hard. i was with him on the campaign trail in 2004 in florida. i know he went into a back room. i watched him go in. i saw, seemed to me when he came out re emotional. i know todd beamer's dad was there. todd beamer known for let's roll in the flight that went down in pennsylvania. he took a lot of this hard. >> sure, of course you do. that's the most difficult thing to know that you are the one who gave the orders for troops to go into harm's way. it was not something we expected. you don't expect that if you are going to run for p...

Trail in 2004 in florida. i know he went into a back room. i watched him go in. i saw, seemed to me when he came out re emotional. i know todd beamer's dad was there. todd beamer known for let's roll in the flight that went down in pennsylvania. he took a lot of this hard. >> sure, of course you do. that's the most difficult thing to know that you are the one who gave the orders for troops to go into harm's way. it was not something we expected. you don't expect that if you are going to run for president that that is possible. we really when george ran for office he ran on nearly all domestic ...

Certainly for when i started shopping for houses in dallas and started looking forward to going back to texas, that's how we both felt. >> sean: you look at a lot of athletes the transition. you are in this world where it is second by second, hour by hour, day-by-day, a lot of excitement. and all of a sudden the faucet gets turned off. it is tough for people. >> i didn't have trouble with that i'm sure george did i worried about what his transition would be although he didn't seem like it. but you are right you go from every problem in the world on your desk to nothing. >> sean: literally the ...

Been shot down that day in iraq. >> sean: he took a lot of this hard. i was with him on campaign trail in 2004 in florida. i know he went into a backroom, i watched him go. i saw -- it seemed to me when he came out very emotional, todd beamer's dad was there, todd beamer known for let's roll in the flight that went down in pennsylvania. he took a lot of this hard. >> of course. you can't help it. that's the most difficult thing to know that you are the one who gave the orders for our troops to go into harm's way. it not was not something we expected. you know expect that if you are going to ru...

To be part of the bush library. but politics over. >> sean: it's the world's toughest job. i believe in american exceptionalism i think the weight of the world is on your shoulder in that position. write about it in the book what was some of the tougher times you describe 9/11 as one of those tough times. what were some of your tougher moments, tougher times in the white house, for you? >> the ones i wrote about in the book obviously september 11, and all the days and months that followed. especially in the first few days and weeks when after september 11th, when i went to the memorial and for...