02/16/2011
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"The zero option for Afghanistan is the worst option for the United States of America."
"In Libya, we can put in place, and should, a large-scale, well-resourced U.S.-led effort to build up the new Libyan Army."
"No system is perfect. But, I will tell you, the American Government has stopped a lot of terrorist plots against us because of these methods of surveillance."
"It was obviously a terrorist attack by any generally-held definition of terrorism, which is the use of violence to achieve a political end or convey a political message."