[…] This war cannot be won, however, if we treat terrorism primarily as a matter of law enforcement. Law enforcement is an essential part of our strategy –- but our strategy cannot be limited to law enforcement alone.

[…] The United States became a Nation at war on September 11, 2001. In this war, we are using all assets of national power to keep the pressure on the enemy and the American people safe from harm. The War on Terror will be won on the offense – and that is where America's fight against terrorism must remain.

[…] The United States condemns today’s attack in Tripoli, Lebanon that was directed against both civilians and those working to protect the Lebanese people and to secure Lebanon’s independence and sovereignty.

[…] It is fitting that today in Nairobi and in Dar es Salaam, Kenyans and Tanzanians, families and friends, are also gathering to commemorate the departed. In Nairobi, the blast that took the lives of 218 Kenyans and Americans, while thousands more were injured in the streets around the embassy.

[…] Al-Qaida member Salim Hamdan was sentenced to five and a half years in prison after a military commission found him guilty August 6 on five of eight charges of providing material support to terrorism. The court proceeding at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was the first U.S. war crimes trial since World War II.

[…] The “unspeakable” bombing by al-Qaida of the U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 10 years ago strengthened the long-standing ties that bind the American, Kenyan and Tanzanian people, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said August 7. Speaking on the 10th anniversary of the bombings, Rice said the nearly simultaneous terrorist attacks on both facilities “did not destroy our spirit.”

[…] Today marks the tenth anniversary of the al Qaida terrorist attacks against U.S. Embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya.
In Dar es Salaam, the terrorists killed 11 people and wounded more than 85 others; the blast in Nairobi killed 218 people and injured approximately 5,000.
We remember today those who lost their lives or were injured in the attacks, their families, and their loved ones.

[…] I am honored to be with all of you to remember those we lost on this day 10 years ago in an unspeakable attack on our embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam. I want to welcome both family members who lost loved ones and the survivors of that tragic day.

[…] OCA provides a single point of contact in the Department for employees and families, and is an advocate within the Department, with other federal, state and local agencies, and in the private sector, providing assistance in gaining access to benefits and compensation, counseling, community services, and other support. The duration of services is determined by the needs of families and may continue for months or years.

[…] “Gli istituti finanziari, le grandi aziende europee e le multinazionali stanno rapidamente prendendo le distanze dall’Iran, che è ormai sempre più isolato nel contesto internazionale.” Lo ha affermato il Sottosegretario del Tesoro americano con delega sul terrorismo e l’intelligence finanziaria, Stuart A. Levey, durante una conferenza stampa tenutasi martedì 15 luglio all’ambasciata USA di Roma.

[…] I am providing this supplemental consolidated report, prepared by my Administration and consistent with the War Powers Resolution (Public Law 93-148), as part of my efforts to keep the Congress informed about deployments of combat-equipped U.S. Armed Forces around the world.
This supplemental report covers operations in support of the war on terror and in Kosovo.

[…] Experts who study terrorist behavior characterize them as opportunists looking to exploit any weakness. One especially worrisome area for potential exploitation is poorly controlled nuclear material. That is why elements of the international community seeking to combat terrorism and prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons are working in concert through the voluntary Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism.

[…] The threat of nuclear terrorism is something many people avoid thinking about. But California Representative Adam Schiff, who created the bipartisan Congressional Caucus on Nuclear Security, says ignoring the problem will not make it disappear. He supports ongoing efforts by world leaders to channel energy into imagining the direst scenario. Such leaders, of course, want to prevent a nuclear attack from coming to pass. But if they can’t do that, they want to be prepared to respond.

[…] A member of an Afghan Taliban cell was convicted today by a jury in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on charges of narcotics distribution and narco-terrorism, Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Alice S. Fisher announced.

The conviction represents the first time a defendant has been convicted in U.S. federal court of narco-terrorism since the statute was enacted in March 2006.

[…] The U.S. Treasury Department safeguards financial systems against illicit use, such as financing for terrorists, weapons of mass destruction proliferators, money launderers, drug kingpins and other national security threats. The department also provides guidance to U.S.-based charities on minimizing the risk of terrorist exploitation. On May 15, at 9:30 a.m. EDT (1330 GMT), join Treasury Department official Michael Rosen to discuss the United States and the international community’s response to this complex issue.

[…] Many of the 42 groups recognized as foreign terrorist organizations by the United States have criminal ties, says David Johnson, the top U.S. envoy specializing in confronting illegal drugs and organized crime. The most notable of these groups is the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), which has raised an estimated $60 million a year from narcotics trafficking, in addition to an active campaign of kidnappings for ransom.

[…] Without state sponsors, terrorist groups would have far greater difficulty finding the funds, weapons and explosives, safe havens and recruits they need to plan and conduct acts of violence against others.

[…] “Working with allies and partners across the world, we've created a less permissive operating environment for terrorists, kept leaders on the move or in hiding and degraded their ability to plan and mount attacks”.

[…] “You have to start to look at this issue as not merely one of human rights but also one that is critical to global and national security,” Singer told America.gov recently. “It isn’t that human rights are not important,” Singer explained, “it’s that you’ve got to see them within a larger context.” Nations need to have a “hard interest” in stopping the use of child soldiers, he said, because doing so provides the mechanisms to shrink the pool of failed states and areas terrorists can exploit.

[…] I want to thank the folks who maintain this shrine. I thank you for giving me a place to park Air Force One. (Laughter.) And I appreciate the hospitality of the people who serve our country here at Wright-Patt. And I want to thank you for coming to give me a chance to share with you an update on the historic work our nation is undertaking in Iraq. Over the past year, we have seen significant security gains result from the surge. Less visible are the political and economic changes taking place -- from major pieces of legislation being passed to simple signs of normalcy. This progress isn't glamorous, but it is important. And that's what I'm here to talk about today.

[…] I appreciate Admiral Mullen, the Joint Chiefs who are here. Thanks for coming. Secretary Donald Winter of the Navy. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte is with us. Admiral Thad Allen of the Coast Guard is with us. Ambassador from Iraq is with us -- Mr. Ambassador, we're proud to have you here. Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen and Coastmen -- Coast Guardmen [sic], thanks for coming, thanks for wearing the uniform. Men and women of the Department of State are here as well.

[…] Al-Shabaab has used intimidation and violence to undermine the Somali government and threatened civil society activists working to bring about peace through political dialogue and reconciliation. The group scattered leaflets on the streets of Mogadishu warning participants in last year’s reconciliation conference that they intended to bomb the conference venue. Al-Shabaab promised to shoot anyone planning to attend the conference and to blow up delegates’ cars and hotels.

[…] Al-Shabaab, a Somalia-based extremist group with known ties to the transnational terrorist group al-Qaida, has been named as the latest addition to the U.S. State Department’s list of foreign terrorist organizations. “Al-Shabaab has used intimidation and violence to undermine the Somali government and threatened civil society activists working to bring about peace through political dialogue and reconciliation,” the State Department said in a statement released by the Office of the Spokesman March 18.

[…] I condemn in the strongest possible terms the terrorist attack in Jerusalem that targeted innocent students at the Mercaz Harav Yeshiva.

[…] I spoke with Foreign Minister Livni to express my condolences to the people of Israel and the families of the victims of the attack tonight against rabbinical students at the Mercaz Harav Yeshiva in Jerusalem.