Capability Quote by Jim Ramstad

I fully support President Bush's decision to strike Al Qaeda's terrorist network. Now more than ever, we must stand united as a nation and…

— Tom Harkin

We can give our intelligence and law enforcement community the powers they need to track down and take out terrorists without undermining our commitment…

— Barack Obama

We need to look at [Osama bin Laden killing ] as a great victory for the American military and intelligence personnel and for the…

— Sarah Palin

My core goal is to dismantle, defeat, destroy al Qaeda and its allies that killed Americans and are still plotting to go kill Americans.

— Barack Obama

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

— Denis McDonough

The plan we developed to deal with al Qaeda depended on developing sources of human and technical intelligence that could give us insights into…

— Cofer Black

Credible reporting indicates that Al Qaeda is moving forward with its plans to carry out a large-scale attack in the United States in an…

— Tom Ridge

Intelligence is our first line of defense against terrorism, and we must improve the collection capabilities and analysis of intelligence to protect the security…

— Saxby Chambliss

I have the authority to address the threat from Isil, but I believe we are strongest as a nation when the president and Congress…

— Barack Obama

As the Ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, I have been briefed since 2003 on a highly classified NSA foreign collection program that…

— Jane Harman

As a member of the House Intelligence Committee, I have made our nation's response to cyberwarfare a primary focus.

— Patrick Murphy

I want the American people to understand, we have a clear and focused goal: to disrupt, dismantle and defeat Al Qaeda in Pakistan and…

— Stanley A. McChrystal