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Paul Ryan: today is a day of prayer and mourning for America, the victims, and their loved ones. But it is also a day of…

On the recordSeptember 11, 2001
today is a day of prayer and mourning for America, the victims, and their loved ones. But it is also a day of resolution. We are resolved to bring those responsible for this atrocity to justice, swift and sure, and make clear that America, that freedom itself, will never be held hostage to terror. With a fresh awareness of all our vulnerability, we must move forward to secure our Nation. With hope that cannot be defeated, we must turn toward the best within us, put aside our differences, respond to the continuing crisis, and begin the process of rebuilding. May God bless America.
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Paul Ryan
Wisconsin

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Addressing the nation in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks.

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