We're in a war that will set the course for this new century and determine the destiny of millions across the world.

We see the strategy laid out in a captured al Qaeda document found during a recent raid in Iraq which describes their plans to infiltrate and take over Iraq's western Anbar Province.

The war is not over. And it will not be over until either we or the extremists emerge victorious.

Winning this war will require the determined efforts of a unified country. And we must put aside our differences and work together to meet the test that history has given us.

We face an enemy determined to bring death and suffering into our homes. America did not ask for this war, and every American wishes it were over. So do I. But the war is not over, and it will not be over until either we or the extremists…

Osama bin Laden calls this fight the Third World War, and he says that victory for the terrorists in Iraq will mean America's defeat and disgrace forever. If we yield Iraq to men like bin Laden, our enemies will be emboldened.

America is safer than it has been, but it's not yet safe.

But obviously we're still not completely safe. Because there are people that still plot and people who want to harm us for what we believe in.

We can say that if America had these reforms in place in 2001, the terrorists would have found it harder to plan and finance their operations.

We will find you and we will bring you to justice.

In addition to the terrorists held at Guantanamo, a small number of suspected terrorist leaders and operatives captured during the war have been held and questioned outside the United States in a separate program operated by the Central…

This program has helped us to take potential mass murderers off the streets before they were able to kill.