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  • Remembering 9/11: Threats Remain, but America is Stronger

    This is a guest post by Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID) for our special blog series on 9/11. Ten years ago a group of evil, but extremely committed religious extremists hijacked four airliners and turned them into weapons. It is difficult to relive those moments when we watched in horror and disbelief as the towers fell, the Pentagon smoldered and a crater in Pennsylvania burned. That day, the world we lived in changed.  As a member of the Senate’s Select Committee on Intelligence, the calamity of 9/11 influences my work daily … More