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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Five
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm neither Republican nor Democrat. I've worked for the past five administrations.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
As we've seen, deploying large armies abroad won't always be our best offense. Countries typically don't want foreign soldiers in their cities and towns.
- Lost
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- Nov 07, 2020
I will not, nor will I ever, publicly divulge sensitive intelligence sources and methods. For when that happens, our national security is endangered and lives can be lost.
- Innocent
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- Nov 07, 2020
Yes, war is hell. It is awful. It involves human beings killing other human beings, sometimes innocent civilians. That is why we despise war.
- Behind
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- Nov 07, 2020
To me, terrorists should not be able to hide behind their passports and their citizenship, and that includes U.S. citizens, whether they are overseas or whether they are here in the United States. What we need to do is to apply the appropriate tool and the appropriate response.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
Any American who joins al Qaeda will know full well that they have joined an organization that is at war with the United States. Any American who did that should know well that they in fact are part of an enemy... and that the U.S. will do anything that is possible to destroy that enemy to save American lives.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of things look good on an academic's blackboard in terms of the actions that need to be taken. It's almost like a football coach, when you draw the X's and O's: Every play that is chalked on that board goes for a touchdown. Well, there are a lot of yards to be made between the line of scrimmage and the touchdown.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes there are actions that we are forced to take, but there need to be boundaries beyond which we are going to recognize that we're not going to go because we still are Americans, and we are supposed to be representing something to people in this country and overseas.
- Nov 07, 2020
I have a reputation for speaking my mind. I like to think my candor and bluntness will give you the answers.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our counterterrorism tools do not exist in a vacuum. They are stronger and more sustainable when the American people understand and support them. They are weaker and less sustainable when the American people do not.
- Broken
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's not that the system is broken, but clearly there are ways to improve the system, strengthen it, to make sure that we can put together the various bits and pieces of information in a way that allows us to stop every single terrorist out there.
- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are in this business, whether it be intelligence or the government, to protect freedom, democracy and liberty, not to violate that.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Why should a great and powerful nation like the United States allow its relationship with more than a billion Muslims around the world to be defined by the narrow hatred and nihilistic actions of an exceptionally small minority of Muslims?
- Problem
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- Nov 07, 2020
How you define a problem shapes how you address it.
- Poverty
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- Nov 07, 2020
Poverty does not cause violence and terrorism. Lack of education does not cause terrorism.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
The risk of just one terrorist with just one nuclear weapon is a risk we simply cannot afford to take.
- Intelligence
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a former career intelligence professional, I have a profound appreciation for the value of intelligence. Intelligence disrupts terrorist plots and thwarts attacks. Intelligence saves lives.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
When we uphold the rule of law, our counterterrorism tools are more likely to withstand the scrutiny of our courts, our allies, and the American people.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
Where terrorists offer injustice, disorder and destruction, the United States and its allies stand for freedom, fairness, equality, hope, and opportunity.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The president's priority is to protect the safety and security of the American people. That's the physical security of the American people as well as the prosperity of the American people.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need to make sure that leaks of classified information, of national security secrets, needs to be rigorously pursued and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
- Deserve
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- Nov 07, 2020
Terrorists are not 100 feet tall. Nor do they deserve the abject fear they seek to instill.
- Firsthand
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- Nov 07, 2020
Throughout my career, I had the great fortune to experience firsthand as well as to witness what it means to be a CIA officer.
- Need
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- Nov 07, 2020
Simply stated, the need for accurate intelligence and prescient analysis from CIA has never been greater than it is in 2013 - or than it will be in the coming years.
- Daily
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- Nov 07, 2020
U.S. computer networks and databases are under daily cyber attack by nation states, international crime organizations, subnational groups, and individual hackers.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
You know, President Obama feels very strongly that the government has a responsibility to engage with the American people, as well as with the world community.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
While the intelligence profession oftentimes demands secrecy, it is critically important that there be a full and open discourse on intelligence matters with the appropriate elected representatives of the American people.
- Detain
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- Nov 07, 2020