[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 24074]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         GRATITUDE AND RESOLVE

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to thank the 
brave men and women of our Armed Forces, our local first responders, 
and our intelligence community for the incredible work they do to 
protect our Nation and stop the enemy overseas so we will not face them 
again here at home.
  On the upcoming anniversary of September 11th, we must take this 
moment to reflect on the terrible tragedy that occurred 6 years ago, 
causing our response to this global war on terrorism. We must maintain 
our resolve against bin Laden who has declared this struggle the 
``third world war'' with Iraq and Afghanistan as the central front.
  Independent Senator Joe Lieberman wrote in today's Wall Street 
Journal: ``In Iraq we are fighting and defeating the same terrorist 
network that attacked us on 9/11.''
  We will succeed by remaining dedicated to promoting the safety of 
American families by denying extremists safe havens. And we are 
grateful to our servicemembers, professionally led by David Petraeus, 
who works day and night to defend our freedom.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September 11th.

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