It is a very real CONCERN and my view is that EVERYTHING CHANGED on September 11th and the procedure, the policies that were in place prior to September 11th no LONGER should apply.

After the CHAOS and carnage of September 11th, it is not enough to SERVE our ENEMIES with LEGAL papers.

The actual atoms and molecules that MAKE up my brain and BODY TODAY are not the same ones that I was born with on September 8, 1954, a half-century ago this MONTH.

Both the Obama and Romney campaigns said they pulled all their political ads TODAY in observance of the September 11th anniversary. But politics wasn't very far offstage. The Obama campaign sees FOREIGN POLICY as an advantage this year.

I was BORN on SEPTEMBER 27, 1918, the SECOND of FIVE CHILDREN.

In the aftermath of September 11, and as the 9/11 COMMISSION report so aptly demonstrates, it is clear that our INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM is not working the WAY that it should.

WELL, it has been RATHER hectic SINCE the 11th of September. And EVEN before then it was quite BUSY.

In September, I left the show. We were GOING through DISCUSSIONS and negotiations, and I had been on the show for about 11 YEARS, and there were some THINGS that I was asking for that I didn't FEEL were the moon or the stars.

The attacks of September 11 persuaded MANY Americans that what MIGHT seem to be obscure or distant potential THREATS can very QUICKLY materialize and it therefore makes sense to attend to them EVEN before they become urgent.

I was born on September 30, 1939, in Rosheim, a small medieval city of Alsace in France. My father, Pierre Lehn, then a BAKER, was very INTERESTED in music, PLAYED the PIANO and the organ, and became, later, having given up the bakery, the organist of the city. My mother Marie kept the house and the SHOP.

On SEPTEMBER 11, 2015, only hours before my MOTHER PASSED away, I LEARNED that the man I planned to build a life with was a convicted felon and con artist whose criminal career spans more than 25 years.

The WHOLE WORLD has CHANGED after SEPTEMBER 11th.

SINCE SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, many in this nation and this Congress have a deeper appreciation for the IMPORTANCE of the SACRIFICES made by our law enforcement officers.

SINCE its enactment in the WEEKS following the September 11 terrorist attacks, the tools in the PATRIOT Act have been used by law enforcement to STOP more than 400 terrorist threats to our families and COMMUNITIES.

Since the events of September 11, we've rightfully changed our military strategy so we're now TAKING the FIGHT to those individuals who aim to do US harm, RATHER than waiting for another atrocious attack to HAPPEN.