Sen. Rice's Statement on the 10th Anniversary of September 11th

"As our state and nation approaches this emotional milestone of the September 11th attacks, my hope is that we as Americans gain a deeper understanding of our kinship with others suffering from ongoing acts of terrorism and political violence around the world. Almost every day people in places like Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iraq are living the horrors of their own 9/11s. And our military personnel continue to serve in extremely precarious environments in the Middle East and South Asia. We as a nation never asked to become part of this unenviable global fraternity, but it's our responsibility to not let our emotions of what terrorism does to us and our global neighbors fade away.

Remember that my brother David, and the other 9/11 victims in New York City, Washington D.C. and Pennsylvania, spanned not only the American cultural, religious and political spectrum, but international as well. As we try to dig ourselves out of the broken and divisive political system we are currently mired in, Americans should remember that our common grief and resolve to overcome the setback of 9/11 is the type of thing that should unite us as a nation, and not the hollow and arrogant partisanship we see all around us."

*Senator Rice will not be doing any print, TV, radio or other media interviews about the 10th Anniversary.