Barack Obama: “We will do everything in our power to keep the American people…”

On the recordAugust 5, 2009

We will do everything in our power to keep the American people safe…with certainty that we can defeat al Qaeda.

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Remarks by Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism John O. Brennan

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