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We must protect the very things that make America so special - most certainly including our civil liberties. But we cannot do so without strong national security and a thoughtful and informed discourse.

We have to make sure that we are a force for peace and stability in the world, and that we're prepared to defend freedom and the security of the American people.

With the blessings of liberty, we have responsibilities to defend it.

We strongly feel we have to protect everything.

Our top focus - protecting our Nation - must go beyond homeland preparedness; America will only be secure if we deal with threats before they happen, not just after they happen.

We have to be as militant defending America as the enemies of America are in trying to destroy America.

Americans have long trusted the views of Democrats on the environment, the economy, education, and health care, but national security is the one matter about which Republicans have maintained what political scientists call 'issue ownership.'

The United States has a responsibility to defend our values.

It is our conduct, our patriotism and belief in our American way of life, our courage that will win the final battle.

Next to upholding the Constitution of the United States, the president's highest duty is to protect the security of this country - our national security.