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U.S. opinion and political leaders designated 9/11 immediately as a defining historical event. Members of Congress stated on 12 September 2001 that the U.S. has entered a new era or a new chapter in its history. Their statements echo Philip D. Zelikow’s remarks made in 1998: “Like Pearl Harbor, this event would divide our past and future into a before and after” (see Chapter 1(9)). The following numbers refer to the page in the Congressional Record:

• ”As an American, make no mistake about it, we did wake up in a new world in America. It is a new era.” (Mr. Schumer, S9286)

• ”We stand at the violent birth of a new era in international relations and national security.” (Mr. Hutchinson, S9307))

• “We have entered into a new era of our history.” (Mr. Hastert, H5509)

• “With this attack, the United States has entered a new era.” (Mr. Boyd, H5330)

• “We find ourselves at the dawn of a new era of warfare in the 21st century, one made more sinister by the stealth, cunning, and terror.” (Mr. Kind, H5561)

• “Yesterday’s act of war will go down in history as an act that forever changed America.” (Mr. DeGette, H5518)

• “A new chapter in our history was opened yesterday. Its opening pages will forever be emblazoned in our memory.” (Mr. Turner, H5526)

• “11 September 2001 was the clarion call to arms in a new war against terrorism. It will be unlike any war America has ever fought. The enemy is nameless, faceless, and operates without borders.” (Mr. Goodlatte, H5530)

• “This is a solemn moment in our Nation’s history.” (Mr. Graves, H5534)

• “Life in America as we know it will change.” (Mr. Shays, H5501)

• “We live in a new world, and we will never go back.” (Mr. Gephardt, H5503)

• “Yesterday … represents the opening salvo in this new millennium in America’s global struggle against international terrorism. It is a struggle like no other our Nation has ever faced.” (Mr. Lantos, H5505)

• “[W]e have declared this to be a new day, a new chapter in history.” (Mr. Rockefeller, S9326)

• “America will be forever changed.” (Mr. Hagel, S9326)

• “Yesterday the world changed for every American.” (Mr. Baucus, S9327)