In a statement issued Monday, President Obama promised to work with Senator Dodd to defeat any efforts to weaken the bill.

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"We cannot stop terrorism or defeat the ideologies of violent extremism when hundreds of millions of young people see a future with no jobs,no hope and no way ever to catch up to the developed world,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.06

But he stressed the United States must combine its military might that has damaged al-Qaida during the past several years with other tools, such as diplomacy and development aid, as well as expand human intelligence to defeat an adaptable enemy.

VOA: standard.2009.08.06