“Public spending on infrastructure has fallen to its lowest level since 1947. And the U.S., which used to have the finest infrastructure in the world, is now ranked 16th according to the World Economic Forum, behind Iceland, Spain, Portugal and the United Arab Emirates.” WorldUsedLevelsUnitedBehindsEconomicSpendingFallenFinestLowestSpainInfrastructureForumsPortugalIcelandEmirates Author:Ray LaHood
“The United States needs serious change in its fiscal, entitlement, infrastructure, immigration, and education policies, among others. And yet a polarized and often paralyzed Washington has pushed dealing with these problems off into the future, which will only make them more difficult and expensive to solve.” NeedsStatesProblemDifficultUnitedUnited StatesPolicySeriousSolveImmigrationExpensiveInfrastructureEntitlementParalyzed Author:Fareed Zakaria
“America has shown we are serious about removing the threat of weapons of mass destruction... We now know that Saddam Hussein had the capacity to produce weapons of mass destruction.... We know he had the necessary infrastructure because we found the labs and the dual-use facilities that could be used for these chemical and biological agents. We know that he was developing the delivery systems - ballistic missiles - that had been prohibited by the United Nations.” KnowsUseAmericaUsedFoundNationsUnitedProduceSeriousWeaponsMassCapacityDestructionThreatAgentsDevelopingChemicalsSaddamUnited NationsInfrastructureHusseinFacilityMissilesWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionDeliveryLabs Author:Dick Cheney
“What has a great value to us as a nation is the internet itself. The internet is critical infrastructure to the United States. We use the internet for every communication that businesses rely on every day.” StatesUseValuesNationsUnitedUnited StatesCommunicationInternetCriticalRelyInfrastructureGreat Value Author:Edward Snowden
“The United States is more reliant on the technical systems. We're more reliant on the critical infrastructure of the internet than any other nation out there. And when there's such a low barrier to entering the domain of cyber-attacks we're starting a fight that we can't win.” StatesFightingWinningNationsUnitedUnited StatesInternetLowsStartingCriticalBarriersEnteringInfrastructureDomainCan't WinCyberCyber Attacks Author:Edward Snowden
“If the United States is promoting the development of exploits, of vulnerabilities, of insecurity in this critical infrastructure, and we're not fixing it when we find it, instead we put it on the shelf so we can use it the next time we want to launch an attack against some foreign country. We're leaving ourselves at risk.” IfsWantCountryStatesUseNextUnitedUnited StatesRiskDevelopmentLeavingCriticalVulnerabilityInsecurityNext TimeShelvesInfrastructurePromotingExploitsFixingForeign Countries Author:Edward Snowden
“A lot is being done to bring additional protective measures, particularly the critical infrastructure locations around the United States, ... There is a very active ... program of coordination on this particular period of time with both public and private entities and at the federal, state and local levels.” StatesDoneLevelsUnitedUnited StatesParticularPeriodsProgramCriticalActiveLocalsEntityLocationInfrastructureProtectiveBeing DoneCoordination Author:Condoleezza Rice
“Everything that everyone is afraid of has already happened: The fragility of capitalism, which we don't want to admit; the loss of the empire of the United States; and American exceptionalism. In fact, American exceptionalism is that we are exceptionally backward in about fifteen different categories, from education to infrastructure.” WantDifferentStatesFactsLossUnitedUnited StatesHappenedCapitalismEmpiresCategoriesFifteenBackwardsInfrastructureFragilityExceptionalismAmerican Exceptionalism Author:James Hillman