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Ärende: Press Release (060815) for Tue, 2006 Aug 15
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President Bush Meets with Counterterrorism Team
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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
August 15, 2006

President Bush Meets with Counterterrorism Team
National Counterterrorism Center
McLean, Virginia

President's Remarks view

˙˙˙˙˙ In Focus: National Security

12:00 P.M. EDT

THE PRESIDENT: It's been my honor to be here at the NCTC. A couple of
observations: One, that of the work being done here by some really fine
Americans because from different agencies in our government, America is
safer than it has been. But it's not yet safe. The enemy has got an
advantage when it comes to attacking our homeland - they've got to be right
one time, and we've got to be right a hundred percent of the time to
protect the American people.

I'm proud to report that there's a lot of good folks that are working hard
to see to it that we're right a hundred percent of the time. And I want to
thank all the people in this building and around our government who spend
an incredible amount of time and energy and effort to do a very difficult
job, and that's to protect the American people.

Recently we saw the fruits of their labor in conjunction with their
counterparts in Great Britain. Because of the good work in Great Britain
and because of the help of the people there at NCTC, we disrupted a terror
plot, a plot where people were willing to kill innocent life to achieve
political objectives. And that plot is -- and this building and the work
going on here really is indicative of the challenge we face, not only this
week, but this year and the years to come, because the United States of
America is engaged in a war against a extremist group of folks bound
together by an ideology, willing to use terror to achieve their objectives.

Our most solemn duty in the federal government is to protect the American
people, and I will assure the American people that we're doing everything
in our power to protect you. And we've got some good assets, and the best
asset we have is the people, people represented right here in this
building.

So I've come to listen and learn and to look at reforms that have been put
in place. And I've also come to thank the good people who work here and
elsewhere in our government for doing what they are doing.

Thank you very much. (Applause.)

END 12:05 P.M. EDT
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