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Kay Bailey Hutchison: “I could not fail to begin without saying none of us anticipated that in September of 2001 our country would be in a war…”

On the recordSeptember 26, 2001
I could not fail to begin without saying none of us anticipated that in September of 2001 our country would be in a war on terrorism, a war that we did not expect but which we are committed to win. We are reminded once again, as we have been in every century of our country's existence, that freedom is not free. As our forefathers and mothers did before us, we will make all the sacrifices required to protect the freedom they delivered to us, and we will pass the torch to our children. America will remain the strongest nation in the history of the world.
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Kay Bailey Hutchison
Republican · Texas
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing military construction funding and the unexpected war on terrorism.

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