“Among the critical national security challenges now on America’s agenda, few are more important than reducing our dependence on foreign oil…Protecting ourselves against politically inspired and unanticipated disruptions in oil supplies abroad is crucial to the smooth running of our economy.”
I won’t ever forget where I was on November 22, 1963, or what I was doing when I learned John F. Kennedy had been shot. The same goes for September 11, 2001, the day mass terrorism came to America.
In basketball, a field goal is worth two points if a shot swishes through the hoop or bangs between the rim and backboard a few times before falling in. The first is pretty to see, and it even has a distinct sound --“nothing but net” -- as the players like to say. By comparison, the second is ugly to watch and hear. But it’s still worth the same two points.