Kirsten Gillibrand

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

When we create hope and opportunity in the lives of others, we allow love, decency and promise to triumph over cowardice and hate.

For many of the brave men and women who have fought on the front lines, returning home means trying to navigate a complicated and bureaucratic Veterans Administration benefits system.

Exeter was, I suspect, more crucial in my life than in the lives of most members of my class, and conceivably, than in the lives of almost anyone else who ever attended the school.

President Obama's view of a free economy is to send your money to his friends. My vision for a free enterprise economy is to return entrepreneurship and genius and creativity to the American people!

I think to have the skill set and the ability to physically help others in matters of life and death must be incredibly empowering.