Let us to do all we can to honor all those who rose up with resolve to defeat evil, who were released into the arms of angels to see the grateful face of God, |
Liberty is the most precious gift we offer our citizens. |
Maybe that's very much the reason that you'd be worried about it, because you hadn't seen it before, |
might require an added level of protection, an added layer of safety. |
More often than not we were the least inclined to raise it. Sometimes we disagreed with the intelligence assessment. Sometimes we thought even if the intelligence was good, you don't necessarily put the country on alert, There were times when the White House was really aggressive about raising it, and we said, 'For that?' We often lost the argument. |
Multiple sources [are] basically saying the same thing -- talking about near-term attacks the scope of which would be similar to or even greater than September 11. |
Our approach at this point is to think big but begin implementing on a small scale, ... We want to get it right. |
Our goal is to deter any potential attack with multiple layers of security and, based on what I have seen and heard, I can tell you that the security plans and arrangements and commitment of federal, state and local officials is very, very strong, |
Protecting this information is critically important. Shut them down and you shut down America as we know it, |
requesting some $36.2 billion clearly communicates this administration's commitment to investing in our Homeland Security. |
Some people have questioned, 'well, you put us on a general alert a couple of weeks ago and nothing happened,' ... This war on terrorism is going to continue for an indefinite period of time, and from time to time we may issue the same general alert again. |
Sometimes people confuse the notion that you're going to compromise sovereignty with collaboration. |
Stash away the duct tape. Don't use it, stash it away and that pre-measured plastic sheeting for future -- and I emphasize future use, ... [You] probably won't need it, but in case you do, you'll have it available. |
Take some time to prepare for emergency. |
Terrorists are strategic actors, ... They choose their targets deliberately, and they choose them based on the weaknesses they observe in our defenses and in our preparations. They use speed and surprise to terrorize. |