We must define our effort not as a boundless 'global war on terror,' but rather as a series of persistent, targeted efforts to dismantle specific networks of violent extremists that threaten America.
Remarks by Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Lisa Monaco on America's Counter-terrorism strategy
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It is a decision about how do we face and embrace this finite amount of time we have on the planet.
When we choose, when we make that decision, I do believe – and there is evidence for this – that the world gets incrementally better, and that is a worthy goal and it’s worth fighting for.
And I will fight for that, even if I don’t always think it’s going to win.
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