Bush faces 9/11 Commission

US President George Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney today answered questions for over three hours from September 11 commissioners trying to learn how followers of Osama bin Laden pulled off the worst terrorist attack in US history.

The 10 commissioners gathered around Bush and Cheney, who were seated on chairs near the fireplace in the Oval Office for an extraordinary behind-closed-doors meeting that was off-limits to all but White House counsel Alberto Gonzales and two members of his staff.