11/11/2011
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"I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13466."
"I make this nomination confident that long after I've left office, our Nation's security will be in good hands with public servants like Jim Comey."
"I have determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency with respect to these threats and maintain in force the measures taken to deal with that national emergency."
"We're also judged by our commitment to the Constitution that we've sworn to defend and to the values and civil liberties that we've pledged to protect."