If there is one thing we can be sure of, it is that the fighting of terrorism around the world will include many unexpected, unpredictable events. But if we are to succeed, we want to make sure our intelligence-gathering operation has all the tools and the support that is necessary.

The principal role of the President of the United States is the security of the country and participating in trying to stabilize the world.

Perspective gives us the ability to accurately contrast the large with the small, and the important with the less important. Without it we are lost in a world where all ideas, news, and information look the same. We cannot differentiate, we cannot prioritize, and we cannot make good choices.

Many people, myself, had confidence in Montesinos because (he) succeeded very much with fighting terrorism and narcotics,

Behind terrorism and cyber-crime, we are very, very dedicated to fighting public corruption at every level. And to that end, we are covering every lead that is brought to us. And we would very much invite the public's assistance in this and any other public corruption cases.

There is no place in the world which is somehow exempt from the threat of terrorism. It is a threat to all of us.