The president, members of Congress and the armed forces honored the victims of Sept. 11, 2001 at services across Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.

A decade-and-a-half on, the federal government in many ways still grapples with the right response to whatever it is that besets us and the rest of the world.

Millions of first-time voters this November were toddlers when Washington and New York were hit on Sept. 11, 2001. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says…