WASHINGTON — Attorney General Todd Blanche spoke at the Department of Justice headquarters today, marking the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Blanche told DOJ employees that remembrance extends beyond ceremony to their work each day since the attacks.
"The most fundamental and most important thing that we can do as Department of Justice employees, as we consider and remember what happened 25 years ago, is to make sure that the work that we do every day, which we've done every day since 9/11, continues to be exactly what the men and women before you have done for generations and exactly what the men and women will do for generations to come," Blanche said.
The ceremony comes as Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, identified by authorities as the alleged mastermind of the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, faces trial. A military judge ordered Mohammed to stand trial in June 2028. The Justice Department holds Mohammed primarily responsible for the deaths of nearly 3,000 people on Sept. 11, 2001.
President Donald Trump honored 9/11 first responders by commissioning a new Coast Guard cutter and awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom to those who responded to the attacks.
