On September the 11th, enemies of freedom committed an act of war against our country. (Applause.) Once again, we are joined together in a great cause - so honored the British Prime Minister has crossed an ocean to show his unity of purpose with America. America has no truer friend than Great Britain. Nor will we forget the citizens of 80 other nations who died with our own: dozens of Pakistanis more than 130 Israelis more than 250 citizens of India men and women from El Salvador, Iran, Mexico and Japan and hundreds of British citizens. We will not forget moments of silence and days of mourning in Australia and Africa and Latin America. We will not forget South Korean children gathering to pray outside our embassy in Seoul, or the prayers of sympathy offered at a mosque in Cairo. America will never forget the sounds of our National Anthem playing at Buckingham Palace, on the streets of Paris, and at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate.
(Applause.)Īnd on behalf of the American people, I thank the world for its outpouring of support. Speaker Hastert, Minority Leader Gephardt, Majority Leader Daschle and Senator Lott, I thank you for your friendship, for your leadership and for your service to our country. All of America was touched on the evening of the tragedy to see Republicans and Democrats joined together on the steps of this Capitol, singing "God Bless America." And you did more than sing you acted, by delivering $40 billion to rebuild our communities and meet the needs of our military. I thank the Congress for its leadership at such an important time. Whether we bring our enemies to justice, or bring justice to our enemies, justice will be done. Our grief has turned to anger, and anger to resolution. Tonight we are a country awakened to danger and called to defend freedom. My fellow citizens, for the last nine days, the entire world has seen for itself the state of our Union - and it is strong. We have seen the decency of a loving and giving people who have made the grief of strangers their own.
We have seen the unfurling of flags, the lighting of candles, the giving of blood, the saying of prayers - in English, Hebrew, and Arabic. We have seen the state of our Union in the endurance of rescuers, working past exhaustion. And would you please help me to welcome his wife, Lisa Beamer, here tonight. We have seen it in the courage of passengers, who rushed terrorists to save others on the ground - passengers like an exceptional man named Todd Beamer. It has already been delivered by the American people. In the normal course of events, Presidents come to this chamber to report on the state of the Union.
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President Pro Tempore, members of Congress, and fellow Americans:
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