We come from different parties and have walked different paths, but we share something few Americans do: we have held the weight of this country’s security in our hands. On Sept. 11, 2001, parties and titles didn’t matter. We were Americans, and that was enough.We have stood at the intersection of crisis and consequence. One of us leaned down in a second-grade classroom in Sarasota, Florida, and whispered four words into former President George Bush’s ear: “America is under attack.” While the room was quiet, the world was not. The other watched the news unfold at a meeting with members of Congress at what was another possible terrorist target: the U.S. Capitol. He was soon drawn back into the urgent work of rebuilding a safer nation, leading the CIA in the operation that brought the leader of Al Qaeda and mastermind of 9/11, Osama bin Laden, to justice.
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We remember everything about that day. And that’s exactly why we’re working together to ensure all Americans never forget.
Memorial Day is a time to honor those who gave everything in service to this country. Sept. 11 is part of that story. This fall marks the 25th observance of the attacks, and for the first time, we are approaching that milestone in a country where millions of young Americans have no living memory of that day at all.
