In Our Own Words: Extraordinary Speeches of the American Century

Robert G. Torricelli is a United States senator representing the state of New Jersey. He began his work in Washington, D. C. during the Carter administration as counsel to Vice President Walter Mondale. In 1982, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the 98th Congress and for each successive Congress until 1996, when he was elected to the United States Senate. He is chairman of the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs, and serves on the Foreign Affairs and Science, Space, and Technology Committees, Torricelli is the editor of In Our Own Words: Extraordinary Speeches of the American Century. Andrew Carroll is the founder of the Legacy Project, an all-volunteer effort to preserve United States war letters. Also the executive director of the American Poetry and Literacy Project, which he co-founded. He lives in Washington, D.C.