Like many of you, I hope to spend part of this weekend celebrating our nation’s birthday with family and friends. And as much as we each will enjoy a relaxing long summer weekend, Independence Day is, most of all, an opportunity to reflect on the true meaning of our citizenship. The Declaration of Independence makes it clear. To be American is about much more than the place we call home. It’s a deeply felt commitment to higher principles: liberty, equality, opportunity, and self-governance.
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