Our strategy must match our means to two ends: Dismantling the al-Qaeda network and prevailing in the longer term over t...
We can never say never, but certainly our defenses against a sophisticated 9/11-type attack are way up and, therefore, t...
It has to be somebody at the top--nothing negative about Mr. Brennan--who is accountable to Congress and the public.
the threat from al-Qaeda, related terrorist groups, and individual adherents to violent Islamist extremism persists to t...
Congress has resisted reorganizing its own institutions, and streamlining congressional oversight of the intelligence co...
You did a great service by identifying the enemy here and saying, yes, it was al-Qaeda.
I appreciate that answer. I have continued to use the term that you used because 'Islamist' makes the point that a polit...
We are not fighting terrorism, some generic evil. We are fighting an ideology, if you will, a corruption of a theology.
Senator Lieberman.
Senator McCain was, as you two know, the original sponsor of the legislation that created the 9/11 Commission.
But there ought to be somebody in charge.
I think we will address a letter right away and see if we can get you a response.
They view Islamist extremism as regressive.
Ultimately, the people in Tunisia and Egypt, and hopefully in Libya soon, will determine their own destiny.
What is happening now I think is a profound repudiation of the ideology of Islamist extremism.
What happened in Tunisia and Egypt is really a very loud outcry by--they are not just moderate.
as you have so fervently supported on a number of occasions.
I think we should push harder to make certain that person actually has the full job.
