Thank you and it is such a great honor to be here with all of you. Thank you, Nicole, and thanks to everyone who has been part of this extraordinary National Day of Service and Remembrance. I am so grateful to be back home on September 11th, a day that is so important to the people of New York and to our nation. And we all bring a mix of emotions and memories and feelings to this day. For me, and for many Americans, and I know for many of you, 9/11 will always be a day that represents humanity at its worst, and humanity at its best; a day when many of you experienced senseless violence and tragic, unspeakable loss, but when you also witnessed the heroism, the generosity, and compassion of our fellow citizens. Today, we know that the threat of violent extremism still remains. And our nation has to be vigilant. We have to be strong in the face of those who would seek to do harm to our people, our nation, and our values. By coming together to honor those who lost and who gave their lives eight years ago, we renew our strength to move forward in the face of both old and new challenges, and we come together to invigorate the values that have defined our country and our people for more than 200 years. Now, like many of you, I will always carry with me the images and the emotions of that day of what came to be called Ground Zero. But I will also try to focus even more, if I can – as a citizen, and when I was a senator, and now as your Secretary of State – I will focus on the firefighters, and the police and the rescue workers, the citizens, all the first responders from wherever they came, who responded fearlessly to danger on that awful day – the images of them running into burning and collapsing buildings to save the lives of others, of those who climbed the stairs of the Towers to help others escape. They made the ultimate sacrifice. And it is those people – many of your loved ones, your friends, your colleagues – who we remember and honor today, who truly represent the best of humanity. And it is