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As we remember those who perished on this day 20 years ago, let us be mindful that freedom is not free and has been paid for with the blood and treasure of Americans both civilian and military since the inception of our country. In three separate incidents, the Twin Towers, the Pentagon, and in a field outside Shanksville, Pennsylvania, our Nation and its institutions were maliciously attacked, ushering in feelings of anger, disbelief, and a desire to find and destroy those who perpetrated this act.

In his address to the Nation shortly after the attacks, President George W. Bush laid out the tenants of the Global War on Terror and its goals of going after those who harbor terrorists or who mean to do harm to America. Since that day, America's best, its sons and daughters, husbands and wives, and loved ones have answered when called and defended and advanced the American ideal to oppressed people whose only desire is to ensure their family is safe, provide for them, and to live by the dictates of their beliefs.

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