“I also urge the Obama administration - both on its own and in cooperation with other responsible governments around the world - to use all legal means necessary to shut down WikiLeaks before it can do more damage by releasing additional cables. WikiLeaks' activities represent a shared threat to collective international security.” WorldMeanUseGovernmentCan DoSecurityActivityResponsibleThreatInternationalAround The WorldAdministrationDamageCollectivesUrgesCooperationNational SecurityCablesWikileaksResponsible Government Author:Joe Lieberman
“I do not believe that the Social Security system is in crisis. The Social Security Administration itself recently reported that the system is able to pay full benefits as they are defined today until at least 2042.” BelieveTodayAbleSocialPaySecurityBenefitsCrisisDefinedAdministrationSocial SecuritySecurity Systems Author:James T. Walsh
“This Administration also puts forward a false choice between the liberties we cherish and the security we demand... That means no more illegal wire-tapping of American citizens. No more national security letters to spy on citizens who are not suspected of a crime. No more tracking citizens who do nothing more than protest a misguided war. No more ignoring the law when it is inconvenient. That is not who we are.” MeanWarLawChoicesLibertySecurityCrimeCitizensDemandLettersAdministrationWho We AreProtestIllegalCherishNational SecuritySpyWireNsaAmerican CitizensInconvenientMisguidedTappingTracking Author:Barack Obama
“A second Homeland Security official has been arrested, a 49-year-old guy named Frank Figueroa, he was caught exposing and fondling himself to a teenage girl in a shopping mall in Florida. Do you realize? If Osama bin Laden was a 14-year old girl, we would have had him by now. ... Who is going to start protecting us from the Department of Homeland Security? ... It kind of makes you long for the good old wholesome days of the Clinton administration.” IfsYearsKindLongHas BeensGuyGirlRealizingSecurityClintonCaughtAdministrationOfficialsDepartmentShoppingFrankFloridaTeenageArrestedBin LadenHomelandMallsExposingOsama Bin LadenTeenage GirlHomeland SecurityOld GuysFondlingDepartment Of Homeland Security Author:Jay Leno
“The student who invades an administration building, roughs up a dean, rifles the files and issues 'non-negotiable demands' may have some of his demands met by a permissive university administration. But the greater his 'victory' the more he will have undermined the security of his own rights.” MenMayAbilityIssuesGreaterRightsSecurityStudentsBuildingVictoryMetsDemandExcellenceUniversityAdministrationFilesDeanRifles Author:Richard M. Nixon
“It would be naïve to suggest the Iranian regime will not continue to use its nuclear program, and any economic relief, to further destabilize the region, in the weeks ahead, Republicans and Democrats in Congress will continue to press the Obama administration on the details of these parameters and the tough questions that remain unanswered. We will stand strong on behalf of the American people and everyone in the Middle East who values freedom, security, and peace.” PeopleUseWould BeValuesStrongPeaceFreedomWeekEconomicMiddleSecurityRepublicanToughProgramPressesDemocratCongressDetailsEastNuclearAdministrationReliefRegionsRegimesMiddle EastBehalfIranianParametersUnansweredStand StrongTough Questions Author:John Boehner
“In 2006, the Secure Fence Act was signed into law, requiring the Department of Homeland Security to build upward of 700 miles of double layered fencing along the U. S-Mexico border. While the Obama administration is quick to state that the targets have been met, only a small fraction - in fact, less than 40 miles - of the newly implemented infrastructure is double-layered.” Has BeensStatesFactsLawSecurityMetsMilesImmigrationSecureAdministrationBordersDepartmentTargetMexicoFenceInfrastructureHomelandFractionsIllegal ImmigrationHomeland SecurityFencingDepartment Of Homeland Security Author:Duncan Hunter
“Once you take yourself off the pedestal, saying, "It's bad for you to torture, but for us, this is our national security, so we're gonna do it". You can't live that way and the United States doesn't need to do it, it shouldn't do it, and I think a Democratic administration, whoever the democratic president is, will repudiate that kind of conduct. I think it was an overreaction caused by a lot of different strains of thought in the administration. I think it was clearly wrong and I think that repudiation, which will come from the United States, will be a key in restoring America's legitimacy.” ThinkingWayNeedsKindDifferentStatesAmericaPresidentUnitedUnited StatesSecurityKeysDemocraticAdministrationTortureNational SecurityStrainPedestalLegitimacyRestoringOverreaction Author:Wesley Clark
“You can't blame the administration and the Republicans for taking us back to deficits, for spending the Social Security surplus and assaulting the environment. That's what they promised to do in the last election.” LastsSocialEnvironmentSecurityRepublicanElectionBlameSpendingAdministrationSocial SecurityDeficitSurplus Author:William J. Clinton
“Without just cause of reason, without legal or moral justification, and without a thread of proof that Iraq directly threatens the security of the United States, the Bush administration has headed to war.” WarStatesReasonCausesUnitedMoralUnited StatesSecurityIraqProofAdministrationJustificationThread Author:Zack de la Rocha
“What is Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton done to this country? That the most basic responsibility of an administration is to protect the safety and security of the American people.” PeopleCountryDoneResponsibilitySecurityProtectSafetyClintonAdministrationBarackSafety And Security Author:Chris Christie
“What I think people should realize is that programs like Social Security, programs like Medicare, programs like the Veterans Administration, programs like your local park and your local library - those are, if you like, socialist programs; they're run by [and] for the public, not to make money. I think in many ways we should expand that concept so that the American people can enjoy the same benefits that people all over the world are currently enjoying.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldWayShouldRunningSocialEnjoyRealizingSecurityLike YouBenefitsConceptsProgramLibraryLocalsAdministrationMaking MoneyParksSocialistVeteranSocial SecurityMedicare Author:Bernie Sanders
“It's one of the reasons [Vladimir Putin invitation to U.S] why 50 national security officials who served in Republican information - in administrations have said that Donald [Trump] is unfit to be the commander- in-chief. It's comments like that that really worry people who understand the threats that we face.” PeopleSaidReasonFacesWorrySecurityInformationTrumpRepublicanThreatChiefsAdministrationOfficialsCommentNational SecurityInvitationsCommandersPutinCommander In Chief Author:Hillary Clinton
“Canada has no closer friend, partner, and ally than the United States. We look forward to working very closely with President-elect Trump, his administration, and with the United States Congress in the years ahead, including on issues such as trade, investment, and international peace and security.” YearsLooksStatesPresidentUnitedUnited StatesIssuesSecurityTrumpTradeInvestmentIncludingInternationalCongressPartnersAdministrationCanadaAlliesInternational PeacePeace And Security Author:Justin Trudeau
“If we want to expect something from this [Barack Obama] administration, it is not to be weak, to be strong to say that "we don't have evidence," that "we have to obey the international law", that "we have to go back to the Security Council and the United Nations".” IfsWantLawStrongNationsUnitedSecurityEvidenceWeakInternationalAdministrationBarackUnited NationsCouncilInternational LawSecurity Council Author:Bashar al-Assad
“You've got to deploy serious political assets around a plan [in Darfur]. And the George W.] Bush administration has never had a plan. Ever. The Europeans don't want to do anything, saying, "The Americans are in charge of that." And in fact the Americans are in charge of naming it and bringing these resolutions every few weeks to the Security Council.” WantFactsPoliticalPlansWeekSecuritySeriousAdministrationResolutionAssetsCouncilSecurity CouncilDarfur Author:Samantha Power
“If you've got a brand new administration coming into office you want to have, at the very least, a national security team in place on day one.” IfsWantTeamSecurityOfficeBrandsAdministrationNational SecurityBrand New Author:Mitch McConnell
“I am going to be able to present to the incoming administration a country that is stronger. A federal government that is working better and more efficiently. A national security apparatus that is both more effective and truer to our values. Energy policies that are resulting in not just less pollution, but also more jobs.” CountryGovernmentAbleJobsValuesEnergySecurityPolicyStrongerAdministrationPollutionFederal GovernmentNational SecurityEnergy Policy Author:Barack Obama
“I am not sure that I know enough about the pre-history of 9/11 to agree or disagree. But I did think at the time that the [George W.] Bush administration took a number of cues from the Israeli government, not only by drawing on and intensifying anti-Arab racism, but by insisting that the attack on US government and financial buildings was an attack on "democracy" and by invoking "security at all costs" to wage war without a clear focus (why the Taliban?), and by suspending both constitutional rights and the regular protocol for congressional approval for declaring war.” ThinkingKnowsWarEnoughGovernmentNumbersDemocracyClearFocusRightsSecurityBuildingCostRacismAgreeFinancialDrawingAdministrationNot SureDisagreeApprovalIsraeliTalibanDeclaringInsistingProtocolConstitutional RightsDeclaring War Author:Judith Butler
“We have been at the matter of police pay for some time. Indeed, the Minister of Safety and Security and the National Commissioner of Police have raised this matter. Treasury has been looking at it and the Public Service and Administration Minister has been looking at it. It is a matter with which we are engaged, the salaries issue, as well as the resource question with regard to vehicles and, and all other matters, including the skills issues.” WellsHas BeensMatterPayIssuesSecuritySkillsResourcesPoliceRegardSafetyRaisedIncludingAdministrationMinistersEngagedVehicleSalaryPublic ServiceTreasurySafety And SecurityCommissioners Author:Thabo Mbeki
“If Martin Luther King looked at the Obama administration and saw an intimate connection with Wall Street, he'd be very critical. If he saw drones being dropped on innocent people, he'd be very critical. If he saw rights and liberties violated by secret policies of the government, of the kind we've seen by the National Security Agency, he'd be very critical.” PeopleIfsKindGovernmentSecretLibertySawsRightsStreetsSecurityPolicyWallKingsConnectionsCriticalInnocentAdministrationIntimateAgencyNational SecurityLutherDrones Author:Cornel West
“President Trump and his administration are right to be concerned about national security, but it's unacceptable when even legal permanent residents are being detained or turned away at airports and ports of entry.” PresidentSecurityTrumpConcernedAdministrationPermanentNational SecurityAirportsPortEntryResidents Author:Jeff Flake
“President Trump's made it clear that his administration is going to put the safety and security of the American people first.” PeopleFirstsMadePresidentClearSecurityTrumpSafetyMade ItAdministrationSafety And Security Author:Mike Pence
“The fact that some former national security officials challenge the policy wisdom of the order, while other national security officials - most notably those of this [Donald Trump's] administration - support it, merely demonstrates that these are policy disputes that the judiciary is both ill-equipped and constitutionally barred from arbitrating.” FactsOrderChallengesSupportSecurityPolicyTrumpIllFormerAdministrationOfficialsNational SecurityDisputesJudiciary Author:David B. Rivkin
“The Trump administration has done some bad stuff in the international realm, picking needless fights with allies like Mexico and Australia, even using some idiotic and intemperate language about Iran, but there was one thing they did about Iran that I agree with. Which is if Iran is testing anti-ballistic missiles, it's in violation of a UN Security Council resolution. And we can't ignore that ... And they did condemn the anti-ballistic missile test. And I think they're right about that.” IfsThinkingDoneFightingLanguageStuffOne ThingSecurityTrumpTestsAgreeInternationalAdministrationRealmsAustraliaIranResolutionAlliesMexicoTestingCouncilViolationMissilesIdioticSecurity CouncilBad Stuff Author:Tim Kaine
“When it comes to immigration, I have actually put more money, under my administration, into border security than any other administration previously. We've got more security resources at the border - more National Guard, more border guards, you name it - than the previous administration. So we've ramped up significantly the issue of border security.” NamesIssuesSecurityResourcesImmigrationAdministrationBordersMore MoneyNational GuardBorder Security Author:Barack Obama
“We need to look at [Osama bin Laden killing ] as a great victory for the American military and intelligence personnel and for the American people. A lot of bravery and courage displayed by those folks on behalf of all of us. It's also a good day for the administration. I think President [Barack] Obama and his national security team acted on the intelligence when it came in, and they deserve a lot of credit, too.” PeopleThinkingNeedsLooksPresidentTeamSecurityMilitaryVictoryDeserveBraveryKillingFolksCreditAdministrationBarackNational SecurityBehalfGood DayBin LadenPresident Barack ObamaOsama Bin LadenPersonnelBravery And CourageAmerican MilitaryGreat Victory Author:Sarah Palin