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" How you define a problem shapes how you address it. "
John O. Brennan
Problem
Shapes
You
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" Why should a great and powerful nation like the United States allow its relationship with more than a billion Muslims around the world to be defined by the narrow hatred and nihilistic actions of an exceptionally small minority of Muslims? "
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Great
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" President Obama has made it clear that the United States is determined to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. "
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" Terrorists are not 100 feet tall. Nor do they deserve the abject fear they seek to instill. "
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Tall
" Since taking office, President Obama has worked to restore a positive vision of American leadership in the world - leadership defined, not by the threats and dangers that we will oppose, but by the security, opportunity and dignity that America advances in partnership with people around the world. "
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Opportunity
Positive
World
" Simply stated, the need for accurate intelligence and prescient analysis from CIA has never been greater than it is in 2013 - or than it will be in the coming years. "
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Intelligence
Will
Years
" I do not - I never believed it's better to kill a terrorist than to detain him. We want to detain as many terrorists as possible so we can elicit the intelligence from them in the appropriate manner so that we can disrupt follow-on terrorist attacks. "
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Want
Possible
Intelligence
" Throughout my career, I had the great fortune to experience firsthand as well as to witness what it means to be a CIA officer. "
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Great
Experience
Career
" Obviously, the death of Usama Bin Laden marked a strategic milestone in our effort to defeat al-Qa'ida. Unfortunately, Bin Laden's death, and the death and capture of many other al-Qa'ida leaders and operatives, does not mark the end of that terrorist organization or its efforts to attack the United States and other countries. "
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Effort
Death
Defeat
" We will never abdicate the security of the United States to a foreign country or refrain from taking action when appropriate. But we cannot ignore the reality that cooperative counterterrorism activities are a key to our national defense. "
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Action
Security
Ignore
" It's not that the system is broken, but clearly there are ways to improve the system, strengthen it, to make sure that we can put together the various bits and pieces of information in a way that allows us to stop every single terrorist out there. "
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Stop
Way
Broken
" You know, President Obama feels very strongly that the government has a responsibility to engage with the American people, as well as with the world community. "
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Responsibility
People
Community
" Our democratic values also include - and our national security demands - open and transparent government. Some information obviously needs to be protected. And since his first days in office, President Obama has worked to strike the proper balance between the security the American people deserve and the openness our democratic society expects. "
John O. Brennan
Government
Balance
Society
" The men and women of the CIA are a national treasure. "
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Women
Men And Women
Men
" The actions that we take on the counterterrorism front, again, are to take actions against individuals where we believe that the intelligence base is so strong and the nature of the threat is so grave and serious, as well as imminent, that we have no recourse except to take this action that may involve a lethal strike. "
John O. Brennan
Believe
Strong
Nature
" I think the rule should be that if we're going to take actions overseas that result in the deaths of people, the United States should take responsibility for that. "
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Think
Result
Responsibility
" The preservation of our national security and the laws that define us as the United States of America demand that we understand the intersection of the two - indeed, how they reinforce one another. "
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Us
America
Two
" The United States is the first nation to regularly conduct strikes using remotely piloted aircraft in an armed conflict. Other nations also possess this technology. Many more nations are seeking it, and more will succeed in acquiring it. "
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Nation
Conflict
Technology
" As we've seen, deploying large armies abroad won't always be our best offense. Countries typically don't want foreign soldiers in their cities and towns. "
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Want
Soldiers
Seen
" As a former career intelligence professional, I have a profound appreciation for the value of intelligence. Intelligence disrupts terrorist plots and thwarts attacks. Intelligence saves lives. "
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Value
Appreciation
Intelligence
" Our counterterrorism tools do not exist in a vacuum. They are stronger and more sustainable when the American people understand and support them. They are weaker and less sustainable when the American people do not. "
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Support
People
More
" As a matter of international law, the United States is in an armed conflict with al-Qa'ida, the Taliban, and associated forces, in response to the 9/11 attacks, and we may also use force consistent with our inherent right of national self-defense. "
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Matter
Right
Law
" When we uphold the rule of law, our counterterrorism tools are more likely to withstand the scrutiny of our courts, our allies, and the American people. "
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Law
More
Tools
" I'm neither Republican nor Democrat. I've worked for the past five administrations. "
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Democrat
Five
Republican
" We are a nation of laws, and we will always act within the bounds of the law. "
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Within
Will
Nation
" A lot of things look good on an academic's blackboard in terms of the actions that need to be taken. It's almost like a football coach, when you draw the X's and O's: Every play that is chalked on that board goes for a touchdown. Well, there are a lot of yards to be made between the line of scrimmage and the touchdown. "
John O. Brennan
Need
Look
Good
" In full accordance with the law - and in order to prevent terrorist attacks on the United States and to save American lives - the United States government conducts targeted strikes against specific al-Qa'ida terrorists, sometimes using remotely piloted aircraft, often referred to publicly as drones. "
John O. Brennan
Law
American
Government
" Al-Qa'ida does not follow a traditional command structure, wear uniforms, carry its arms openly, or mass its troops at the borders of the nations it attacks. Nonetheless, it possesses the demonstrated capability to strike with little notice and cause significant civilian or military casualties. "
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Structure
Follow
Carry
" U.S. computer networks and databases are under daily cyber attack by nation states, international crime organizations, subnational groups, and individual hackers. "
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Daily
Cyber
Crime
" We need to make sure that leaks of classified information, of national security secrets, needs to be rigorously pursued and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. "
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Need
Law
Information