thank you very much, secretary. today our nation honors and hours the nearly 3,000 lives that were stolen from us on september 11th someone. while these grounds 184 people were murdered when al qaeda terrorists overtook flight 77 and crashed it into the pentagon. for every american who lived through that day, the september 11th attack is sered into our soul. it was a day filled with shock, horror, sorrow, and righteous fury. i vividly remember when i first heard the news. i was sitting at home watching a major business television show early that morning, jack welch,