asjoseph lieberman said, it wasjohn‘s instinct.r race or religion or agenda. —— gender. and i'm certain that in those moments that have been referred to during the campaign he saw himself as defending america's character, not just saw himself as defending america's character, notjust mine. for he considered it the imperative of every citizen in this country to treat everyone fairly, and finally whilejohn treat everyone fairly, and finally while john and i treat everyone fairly, and finally whilejohn and i disagreed on all kinds of foreign policy issues, we stood together on america's role as the one indispensable nation, believing that with great power and great blessings comes great responsibility. that burden is born most heavily by our men and women in uniform, servicemembers like doug, jimmy andjack uniform, servicemembers like doug, jimmy and jack who followed their father's footsteps as well as the families who serve alongside our troops. butjohn understood that our security and our influence was won not just by security and