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One of the essential elements of government responsibility is to communicate effectively to the American people, especially in time of a potential terrorist attack or a natural disaster.

Vito Fossella

Government

The sad fact is that the same terrorist scenarios, if they occurred in five different States, there could be five different sets of responses to the American people. We need, at a minimum, a level of coordination on communicating threats to the public.

Vetting and verifying information is one thing. Having our government sending out conflicting messages to the American people when conflict can be avoided is another.

We are African in origin and American in birth.

Timothy Thomas Fortune

African

American

L.A. is my American city.

Tom Ford

American

I loved history, particularly of the British, American and Old Testament kind.

An American tragedy in which we all have played a part.

Gerald R. Ford

American

Tragedy

As our federal government has grown too large and too powerful, the real loss has been the freedom of people to govern their own lives and participate fully in the American dream.

The phenomenon of home schooling is a wonderful example of the American can-do attitude. Growing numbers of parents have become disenchanted with government-run public schools. Many parents have simply taken matters into their own hands, literally.

As a member of the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, I am a firm believer in the American space program.

Randy Forbes

American

Space

There was a very serious communist strain among American intellectuals before the war. America was a more tolerant place in those days, and Communists were not treated as pariahs. That ended with the McCarthy era.

Social Security is one of the greatest achievements of the American government, protecting our elderly against poverty and assuring young people of a more secure future.

Washburn's an old American name, but this one was assembled overseas.

It was so much fun playing simple American bluegrass. I got to meet Doc Watson.

Dan Fogelberg

American

Fun

In a way, the American side descended to Saddam's level, which happens often in these types of circumstances. That is why the people in Iraq do not accept the current state of affairs.