This important step forward builds on the new phased adaptive approach to missile defense that I announced for the United States last year.

I am confident that when we take the steps outlined in this Strategy, we will make our country stronger and our people healthier and safer.

and will not constitute an unreasonable risk to, the common defense and security.

We have a very clear goal and a very clear set of interests that the President has defined as it relates to preventing safe havens for al Qaeda.

To win this war, and to keep our country safe.

Reducing our dependence on foreign oil is still the right thing to do for our security.

Well, look, as commander in chief, obviously I reserve the option to do what I think is going to be best for the American people at that point in time and our national security.

The goal is to disrupt, dismantle and eventually defeat al Qaeda.

Our overarching goal remains the same: to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat Al Qaida in Afghanistan and Pakistan and to prevent its capacity to threaten America and our allies in the future.

If Al Qaida is making a phone call into the United States, we need to know why and to whom they're calling in order to protect the American citizens.

Because the actions and policies of the Government of Sudan continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States, the national emergency declared on November 3, 1997, as expanded on April 26, 2006, must continue in effect beyond November 3, 2008.

The Act authorizes funding for the defense of the United States and its interests abroad.

I hereby certify that it is important to the national security interests of the United States to waive the provisions of section 650(a) of the Act.

His work as my Deputy National Security Adviser, as United States Ambassador to Albania, and in three previous assignments to Turkey make him superbly qualified to represent the United States to our friend and NATO ally.

I want to thank your family as well as all the other families who are standing by the—those who wear the uniform, as this Nation continues to defend her own security and defend young democracies.

The terrorists who attacked our country on September the 11th didn't understand our country at all.

The assistance of private-sector telecommunications companies is vital to protecting the Nation from attack.

Leaving Iraq before the job is done would endanger our citizens and embolden the enemies who have vowed to attack us again.