Action Quote by Angela Merkel

America will complete its mission in Afghanistan and achieve our objective of defeating the core of al Qaeda.

— Barack Obama

Preventing radicalization that leads to violence here in America is part of our larger strategy to decisively defeat al Qaeda.

— Denis McDonough

Afghanistan remains an opportunity to deal al Qaeda a vital strategic blow, especially since we have abandoned all operations - including counterterrorism operations -…

— Jack Keane

The United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of al Qaeda and a terrorist who is responsible for…

— Barack Obama

I totally disagree with the premise that al Qaeda is on the path to defeat. Quite the contrary, al Qaeda has deliberately decentralized its…

— Jack Keane

Al Qaeda operates by launching surprise attacks on civilian targets with the goal of massive casualties. Our only means for preventing future attacks, which…

— John Yoo

Al Qaeda will always focus on us, the United States. And they will take advantage of any situation.

— Dutch Ruppersberger

The reality is that al Qaeda has been trying to attack the United States since long before Iraq.

— Ed Royce

We're fighting a war on terror because the enemy attacked us first, and hit us hard. ... Al Qaeda's leadership has said they have…

— Dick Cheney

When the United States first went into Afghanistan in 2001, it devastated the Taliban and Al Qaeda in a matter of weeks using only…

— Erik Prince

The Taliban didn't attack us on 9/11 - Al-Qaeda did. That's why I and other people joined the military - to go after Al…

— Tulsi Gabbard

The United States is at war with the al Qaeda terrorist group. Al Qaeda is not a nation-state and it has not signed the…

— John Yoo