"The framework they (Europeans) are building, as they described it to us, amounts to a more forcefulresponse than they've contemplated to date, " the official said.
Yet, without a critical consideration of these realities and the formulation of a forceful strategic response based on it, it is unlikely that we'll make lasting progress in the war on terror.
When this ruling came down, I instructed my administration to get to work immediately with Members of Congress willing to fight for the American people to develop a forceful, bipartisan response to this decision.