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I remember the last three days that I was president, I never went to bed at all. I never went to bed until we had negotiated the final release of the hostages.

I am committed to protecting our country against the threat of terrorism.

I didn't spend a lot of time on national security the American people will be glad to know.

I still lie awake at night thinking about everything that could have been, that wasn't done to stop 9/11. To the 9/11 families, I said, you deserve better from your entire government. All of us.

I have learned to live each day as it comes, and not to borrow trouble by dreading tomorrow. It is the dark menace of the future that makes cowards of us.

I am a worrier. I worry about the state of our country, of the world, of our species. Every day seems to deliver a new nail to hammer into our collective coffin.

Do every single thing you can to protect yourself, your family, and your country.

Like all Americans, I will never forget where I was the morning of the 9/11 attacks.