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" President Obama has made it clear that the United States is determined to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. "
John O. Brennan
Determined
President
Nuclear Weapons
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" 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. "
John O. Brennan
Effort
Death
Defeat
" 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. "
John O. Brennan
Support
People
More
" Terrorism needs to be fought against and certainly delegitimized or attacked, but some of the underlying grievances that might in fact lead individuals astray to terrorism cannot be ignored. "
John O. Brennan
Terrorism
Against
Fact
" 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. "
John O. Brennan
Want
Possible
Intelligence
" If a person is a U.S. citizen, and he is on the battlefield in Afghanistan or Iraq trying to attack our troops, he will face the full brunt of the U.S. military response. "
John O. Brennan
Citizen
Trying
Person
" 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. "
John O. Brennan
Responsibility
People
Community
" 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. "
John O. Brennan
Matter
Right
Law
" 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 United States does not view our authority to use military force against Al Qaeda as being restricted solely to 'hot' battlefields like Afghanistan. "
John O. Brennan
View
Authority
Hot
" I have a reputation for speaking my mind. I like to think my candor and bluntness will give you the answers. "
John O. Brennan
Mind
Answers
Reputation
" I will not, nor will I ever, publicly divulge sensitive intelligence sources and methods. For when that happens, our national security is endangered and lives can be lost. "
John O. Brennan
Security
Will
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. "
John O. Brennan
Great
Experience
Career
" 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. "
John O. Brennan
Want
Soldiers
Seen
" Al-Qa'ida seeks to portray America as an enemy of the world's Muslims. But President Obama has made it clear that the United States is not, and never will be, at war with Islam. "
John O. Brennan
Never
Islam
Enemy
" Yes, war is hell. It is awful. It involves human beings killing other human beings, sometimes innocent civilians. That is why we despise war. "
John O. Brennan
Why
Innocent
Sometimes
" 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. "
John O. Brennan
Law
More
Tools
" We are a nation of laws, and we will always act within the bounds of the law. "
John O. Brennan
Within
Will
Nation
" To me, terrorists should not be able to hide behind their passports and their citizenship, and that includes U.S. citizens, whether they are overseas or whether they are here in the United States. What we need to do is to apply the appropriate tool and the appropriate response. "
John O. Brennan
Me
Citizenship
Hide
" 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? "
John O. Brennan
Relationship
Great
Powerful
" 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. "
John O. Brennan
Opportunity
Positive
World
" I think we do have to take off the gloves in some areas, but within balance, and at the right time and the right way, and for the right reason and with full understanding of what the consequences of that might be. "
John O. Brennan
Balance
Understanding
Time
" I go to bed at night worrying that I didn't do enough that day to make sure I protect the American people. "
John O. Brennan
Night
People
American
" Sometimes there are actions that we are forced to take, but there need to be boundaries beyond which we are going to recognize that we're not going to go because we still are Americans, and we are supposed to be representing something to people in this country and overseas. "
John O. Brennan
Sometimes
People
Need
" We know from the material that was recovered from the bin Laden compound that bin Laden was looking at the 10th anniversary of 9/11 as an opportunity to strike yet again at the U.S. homeland. "
John O. Brennan
Know
Opportunity
Anniversary
" I'm neither Republican nor Democrat. I've worked for the past five administrations. "
John O. Brennan
Democrat
Five
Republican
" 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. "
John O. Brennan
Us
America
Two
" We will use all lawful tools at our disposal, and that includes authorities under the renewed PATRIOT Act. We firmly believe that our intelligence gathering tools must enable us to collect the information we need to protect the American people. "
John O. Brennan
Intelligence
American
People
" Al-Qa'ida is the antithesis of the peace, tolerance and humanity that is at the heart of Islam. "
John O. Brennan
Peace
Heart
Humanity
" Poverty does not cause violence and terrorism. Lack of education does not cause terrorism. "
John O. Brennan
Poverty
Terrorism
Violence
" We're trying to be very careful and precise in our use of language, because I think the language we use and the images we project really do have resonance. It's the reason why I don't use the term jihadist to refer to terrorists. It gives them the religious legitimacy they so desperately seek, but I ain't gonna give it to them. "
John O. Brennan
Language
Think
Reason