last spring, i received a letter from a woman named suzanne swain.d of so many "would be proud" moments where a father watches their child graduate or tend a goal in a lacrosse game or succeed academically, but her daughters are in college, the other doing well in high school. it has been 10 years of raising these girls on my own, suzanne wrote. "i could not be prouder of their strength and resilience." that spirit typifies our american family, and the hopeful future for those girls is the ultimate rebuke to the hateful killers who took the life of their father. these past 10 years have shown america's resolve to defend its citizens and our way of life. diplomats serve in far off posts and intelligence professionals work tirelessly without recognition. two million americans have gone to war since 9/11. they've demonstrated that those who do us harm cannot hide from the reach of justice anywhere in the world. america's been defended not by conscripts but by citizens who choose to serve, young people who signed up straight out of high school, guardsmen