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On the recordSeptember 14, 2001
I too join the choir here of support for our President. This is an historic moment in our country, a sad moment. But I would just like to express a thought for the future. We are kidding ourselves if we think this will be easy, and I do not believe anybody understands it to be easy. We are going to call up thousands of reservists soon, and we are going to put men and women in harm's way soon. This will not be a 100-hour ground campaign; this will not be an air war we watch on TV. This will affect every American family even deeper than it has now, but it is worth it. This is the right thing to do. Let us end it now. Let us stand behind our President and go after the organizations from top to bottom who perpetrated such a heinous act. We can do it as a Nation if we stay together and keep the spirit of September 11 alive. Do not give in to terrorism.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Expressing support for the President and addressing the implications of military action after the September 11 attacks.

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