In response to the attacks in this photograph, President Bush had just committed troops to Iraq, and you can still see that decision still weighing on his face as he walked the South Lawn alone with the dogs out of the corner of my eye, I see Vice President Cheney and Don Rumsfeld, the secretary of defense, walking out of the Oval Office and the president walked over to greet them, and later I found out that they were discussing the start of the timing of the war in Iraq on January 20th 2009 after the swearing in of President Obama, you can see the burden of the presidency was just lifted. 72