09/04/2009
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"I am less interested in passing out blame than I am in learning from and correcting these mistakes to make us safer for ultimately the buck stops with me."
"We are at war. We are at war against al Qaeda, a far-reaching network of violence and hatred that attacked us on 9/11, that killed nearly 3,000 innocent people, and that is plotting to strike us again..."
"The vision that is far more powerful than the hatred of these violent extremists is the one in which we engage on the basis of mutual interest and mutual respect."
"America's first line of defense is timely, accurate intelligence that is shared, integrated, analyzed, and acted upon quickly and effectively."