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We are at risk of creating a lost generation of children, and we know what that means.

What you think you're signing up for is not the reality.

So we're looking at innovative solutions to do that.

In the absence of creating space in their society for people to express their views, to associate freely, and to come together, they are going to sow the seeds of long-term instability.

The burden on Jordan, the burden on Lebanon, the burden on Turkey, as you saw firsthand, Mr. Chairman, is extraordinary.

Your leadership is helping to ensure that in their very acts of terror, violent extremists are precipitating exactly what they hope to destroy, a world a little bit more closely bound together in defense of dignity, justice, and peace.

We must address the ideology and tactics these groups employ to attract new recruits.

I think it varies very much program to program, sector to sector. It would be hard to rank order, I think, countries across the board.

We found that actually wasn't so effective. We were not the best messenger in this space.

The challenge of actually moving from...liberating territory to then stabilizing it...is where the challenge really comes in.

It is not the violence, because that's gone. It's two things: it's an absence of access to school and education for the kids, and it's a lack of access to employment, to jobs, for the parents.

We are sowing the seeds of hate and the seeds of desperation.

Our ultimate success in the fight against violent extremism will be determined by our ability to hold fast to the very values that terrorists oppose: our capacity for reason, for wisdom, and for compassion.

We have to find ways to create what amounts to a win-win solution, that is, the host communities have to benefit along with the refugees.

He has suggested that, within the United States, we should have a--an identified National Security Council coordinator...

The State of Michigan bears, and here I am quoting their words, 'primary responsibility,' for the water crisis in Flint.

The EPA must notify residents when water samples show lead levels for the highest 10 percent of homes at above 15 parts per billion.

I see responsibility on the part of the Federal and the State levels.