September 11, 2001, the day I lost my son, Salman Hamdani, I lost everything. I lost my first-born child, and all my dreams for his future were lost with him. I lost my country and my identity. I lost the 22 years of grueling hard work to establish my family...

According to news reports, the Obama administration will decide by November 16 whether or not to move the cases of the 9/11 defendants from the Guantánamo military commissions system to U.S. federal courts. It should make this important move and put an end to a shameful era in American history.