our Nation, our freedom, and our way of life were violently attacked yesterday. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families, as well with the men and women who are conducting the recovery efforts. While, our adversaries correctly calculated how to get past airport security and execute their plan, they badly miscalculated the unity and resolve of the American people. Whatever policy disagreements we may have are a family fight. One need only to see the long lines of people waiting to give blood for the victims, or the truckdrivers in New York stopping to pick up carry pedestrians across the George Washington Bridge, or the woman handing out free pairs of sneakers to women wearing high heels so they could get through the rubble safety to know that the American people are as united as ever. We stand united behind the President and his national security team. While the people behind these vicious acts don't have the courage to show themselves, we will find out who is responsible for this, we will hunt down those who financed and protected the terrorists, and we will make an example of them. This is much more than a massive criminal act; it is an act of war, and will be dealt with as such. The merchants of terror have gambled that America won't have the stomach to do what is necessary to safeguard our freedom. they have gambled wrong. America can't--and won't--flinch.
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Addressing the September 11 attacks and expressing solidarity with victims and recovery efforts.
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