Political Quotes

“I thank my colleague. The morning of September 11 was a moving moment in the life of every American. Senator Levin and I, within a very short time after learning of the attacks both in New York and in Virginia, and of course the devastation that occurred in Pennsylvania and the peripheral tragic consequences that came upon the States of New Jersey, Connecticut, Maryland and the District of Columbia, in close proximity to these attacks--I called my friend and I said I think you and I should show our support at this point in time for the men and women of the Armed Forces and for the President and for the Secretary of Defense. I made a call to the Pentagon which resulted in the Secretary of Defense saying, ``Your participation this day of the attack would be welcome and helpful.'' The two of us met and went to the Department of Defense. Just a few hours after that attack, Senator Levin, the Secretary of Defense, and I stood right there, about 100 yards or so from where that plane crashed into that edifice, the Pentagon, which represents, to our men and women in uniform, the epicenter of the command and control of their destiny.”