and republicans are going to fight these terrible, painful policies tooth and nail.icer: te majority whip. mr. durbin: madam president, i rise to speak to 9/11 and the 20th anniversary. but before that, a i would like to address some of the remarks made by the majority leader the minority leader, the republican leader in the senate, senator mcconnell, just a few moments ago. he discussed in context of the biden presidency what he called a reckless decision to retreat from afghanistan, with an arbitrary deadline, he went on to say. what the senator failed to include was the efforts made last year before joe biden was elected president by the previous president, republican donald trump, through his secretary of state pompeo in direct negotiation with the taliban to establish the deadlines that we are living by have lived by and the evacuation of afghanistan. the idea didn t come with the new president, joe biden. the idea started under the previous republican president, don
this president said i ll make the decision, i ll stand by it. it was time for america to end our longest war. it is time now for us to find a. mr. tuberville: 20 years ago, september 11, 2001, americans watched in horror as two planes struck the world trade center in new york city. we watched as another plane slammed into the pentagon, and yet another bound for this very city crashed in pennsylvania. that day was the worst attack on american soil in our history. america s death toll surpassed pearl harbor in december 1941. that day children came home from school without their parents. calls from family members went unreturned. lives were changed forever. yet instead of tearing us apart apart, instead of frightening americans off the world stage, the cowardly act that attack on september 11 brought our nation together. but just remember we were at war with al qaeda prior to 9/11 9/11/2001. in the 1990 s, between 10,000 and 20,000 people went to afghanistan to train to be terro
prior to 2001. in the 1990s between 10,000 and 20000 people went to afghanistan to train to beat terrorist. insurgency sprang to life, in algeria, philippines, somalia, and yemen. the world trade center was bombed for the first time in 1993. who spent time in a terrorist camp in afghanistan. al qaeda bomb to u.s. embassies in africa. in 2000 al qaeda bombed a u.s. warship the uss cole killing 17 americans. the 911 commission would later write the 911 were a shock. they should not come as a surprise. that came from the c commission but they were a surprise to most americans because our leaders simply ignored the threat. issued eight week diplomatic and promised over the horizon missiles and surveillance, screen saw was american resolve an american might. on the bright blue morning of september 11 when a 32-year-old software salesman named todd beamer boarded a united airlines flight 93. todd knew his plane was likely bound for a another mishap or catastrophe after hearing it o
memories of that beautiful sunny day from 2001 are haunting and palpable. america was injured and in shock. our president came forward to speak to us. it can t go any louder. i can hear you. i can hear you. the rest of the world hears you. and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon. judge jeanine: it wasn t scripted. it wasn t on a teleprompter. but it was moving, comforting, captivating. even to this day it still gives me chills. when president bush spoke america town what she needed a leader who brought us a sense of unity. and suddenly because of his strength, america was one against those who wanted to destroy us. we found our strength, courage, fearlessness and the unequivocal belief the united states of america is exceptional. [crowd chants usa! judge jeanine: after that we were able to and towel and united to fight the radical hate from the muslim extremists who came to our homeland to kill us. i remember that day. as d.a. i was in new
memories of that beautiful sunny day from 2001 are haunting and palpable. america was injured and in shock. our president came forward to speak to us. it can t go any louder. i can hear you. i can hear you. the rest of the world hears you. and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon. judge jeanine: it wasn t scripted. it wasn t on a teleprompter. but it was moving, comforting, captivating. even to this day it still gives me chills. when president bush spoke america town what she needed a leader who brought us a sense of unity. and suddenly because of his strength, america was one against those who wanted to destroy us. we found our strength, courage, fearlessness and the unequivocal belief the united states of america is exceptional. [crowd chants usa! judge jeanine: after that we were able to and towel and united to fight the radical hate from the muslim extremists who came to our homeland to kill us. i remember that day. as d.a. i was in new