11/14/2011
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"Pushing our borders out gives the Nation's security professionals the time and space to interdict plots before they reach the homeland."
"The vetting these programs do has created an outer ring of border security which has become even more important due to the significant and growing threat that fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq a..."
"it is a very sober reminder of the challenges that we face."
"We learned on 9/11 and again with the Christmas day bomber that we cannot wait to act until terror plots reach our shores."