My first major was English, because I knew what a disappointment and sorrow I'd been to my parents and I wanted them to be proud of me despite everything that had happened.

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Representative RANDY DUKE CUNNINGHAM (Republican, California): In my life, I have had great joy and great sorrow.

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It is important to me that everybody who has been hurt know that the sorrow I feel is genuine -- first and most important, my family, also my friends, my staff, my Cabinet, Monica Lewinsky and her family, and the American people.

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This is dealing with the setting of the borders of the nation, the extent of its capital, including concessions in territory, including, to my great sorrow, the tearing apart of the nation both by the decision and its implementation.

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President HAMID KARZAI (Afghanistan): My heart goes to the families, the friends and the Canadian people at this time of reflection and sorrow for those families.

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