"Make no mistake," "We will close Guantanamo prison which has damaged our national security interests and become a tremendous recruiting tool for al-Qaida."

VOA: standard.2010.01.05

To put an end to Cold War thinking, we will reduce the role of nuclear weapons in our national security strategy and urge others to do the same."

VOA: standard.2010.08.06

"We are not going to release anyone if it would endanger our national security, nor will we release detainees within the United States that endanger the American people,"

VOA: standard.2009.05.21

They are only a consequence of the president making a judgment that it is in the best interest of the United States of America our national security interests to talk with the Iranian regime,"

VOA: standard.2009.06.14

"Because when American strays from our values, it not only undermines the rule of law, it alienates us from our allies, it energizes our adversaries and it endangers our national security and the lives of our troops,"

VOA: standard.2009.05.22

"I have asked the members of the inquiry that the final report of the inquiry will be able to disclose all but the most sensitive information, that is,all information except that which is essential to our national security,"

VOA: standard.2009.06.15

(OMITTED) "I remain determined that our Afghan National Security Forces will be responsible for all military and law enforcement operations throughout our country by 2014."

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

"The fight against terrorists and violent extremists has been returned to its right and proper place -no longer defining, indeed,distorting, our entire national security and foreign policy, but rather serving as a vital part of those larger policies,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.06

"He wants to have a thorough discussion with the president and the rest of the national security team about whether that does remain the best way to pursue our enemies in Afghanistan, and ultimately bring a level of peace and security there, so that it no longer poses a threat to us,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.01

"If we refuse to take into account the full costs of our fossil fuel addiction - if we don't factor in the environmental costs and the national security costs and the true economic costs - we will have missed our best chance to seize a clean energy future."

VOA: standard.2010.06.14