It would be a bitter irony, indeed, if the funds that went to ensure the safety of the men, women and children of Somalia -- a worthy cause indeed -- are permitted to be taken from accounts intended to ensure the safety of the men, women and children of the United States against the threat of ballistic missile attack.
One, of course, was over the particular likelihood of a missile attack on the United States and thus the necessity of trying to develop a capability to stop it.
The intelligence findings follow Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff statement on Wednesday that he has a "gut feeling" that the United States faces a heightened risk of attack this summer.
And while the United States knew of plans of an attack, John Brennan, Obama's top homeland security and counterterrorism adviser said they had failed to uncover the actual Christmas Day plot.
The position of the United States is critical to any Israeli decision to attack Iran, and is of prime importance in shaping Israeli public opinion on the issue.
Back in the United States, the threat of a terrorist attack has reached a disturbing level.
And we will never let this country serve as a safe haven for terrorists who would attack the United States of America again.
During the Cold War, when the United States faced the threat of a nuclear attack, U.S. administrations made clear that any strike would prompt an all-out retaliation.
What I said was we can be successful in our mission, which is narrowly drawn, and that is to make sure that al Qaeda cannot attack the United States of America or our allies or our interests overseas, and to make sure that we have an Afghan government that -- and an Afghan people that can provide for their own security.
The population of the United States has more than doubled since the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, but the number of licensed drinking establishments has shrunk by as much as two-thirds.
Despite the progress he cited, Bush said the United States faces a real threat of another terrorist attack.
Shortly after the 11 September attacks, Nato invoked article five of its constitution which states that an attack on any one member state is an attack on them all.
As tragic and violent as the circumstances of their injuries were, the 14 people who lost arms, legs, hands or feet as a result of the attack represent a fraction of who undergo amputation in the United States on any given day -- roughly 500 people, according to figures from the Amputee Coalition, the nation's largest limb loss advocacy and support group.
Thirty states now require some form of ID at the polls, and one goal of Mr. Holder's attack is to intimidate other states that want to toughen their laws.
India's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday briefed diplomats representing the countries that lost nationals in the attack -- including the United States and Britain -- about the ongoing investigation and the details of the attack, the ministry said.
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In the wake of the attack, the United States announced it will proceed with a planned naval exercise with South Korea.
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If the United States chose to attack Iraq without convincing public evidence of its involvement in the latest terror, Europe's solidarity might begin to crack.
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Better yet, a policy to retaliate combined with other actions--such as installing active defenses, increased passive defenses, and assuring military survivability--would decrease the likelihood of an EMP attack against the United States because such measures would make a strike less likely to succeed.
Once upon a time, a President of the United States promised to protect his people, their forces overseas and friends against the threat of ballistic missile attack.
McIntyre: The United States still has deterrence as the bedrock of protecting itself from missile attack.
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As a vital ally to South Korea since the Korean war in the 1950s, the United States has pledged military backing to Seoul in the event of an attack by North Korea.
At the top of the list is Algerian pilot Lotfi Raissi, in custody in London fighting extradition to the United States, where he has been accused of training four of the attack pilots.
It was unclear how Karzai expected the United States or any of its allies to guarantee Afghanistan's borders against attack.
During his time in office, the United States has moved steadily toward the deployment of a shield against ballistic missile attack.
Other U.S. officials said the United States has long suspected members of Iranian security forces of being linked to the attack on Khobar Towers at the King Abdul Aziz air base.
When the United States prepared to attack al Qaeda in Afghanistan, Putin offered more than words of support.
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