Bill Clinton: “Kenya and Tanzania September 11, 1998 Bishop Haines, Dean Baxter, Reverend Jackson, clergy; Vice President and Mrs.…”

“Kenya and Tanzania September 11, 1998 Bishop Haines, Dean Baxter, Reverend Jackson, clergy; Vice President and Mrs. Gore, Secretary Albright, Secretary Cohen, Janet, Secretary Shalala; to the Members of Congress; our military service; distinguished members of the diplomatic corps, especially those from Kenya and Tanzania. Most of all, to the members of the families, friends, and colleagues of the deceased; the survivors of the attacks; Ambassador Bushnell and Charge Lange; my fellow Americans. Today we are gathered in a truly sacred and historic place to honor and to celebrate the lives of 12 Americans who perished in service to our Nation--their goodness, their warmth, their humanity, and their sacrifice. The two sides of their lives--who they were in their labors and who they were as husbands and wives, sons and daughters, friends and colleagues--came together. For as they showed every day in their devotion to family and friends, their work was about bringing better lives to all. They worked to create opportunity and hope, to fight poverty and disease, to bridge divides between peoples and nations, to promote tolerance and peace.…”