There is no priority higher than the prevention of terrorism.
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The country was not focused on terrorism before September 11th.
The global response to global terrorism must not endanger fundamental human rights and freedoms.
My point was that removing Saddam should not have been our highest priority. Fighting terrorism should have been our number one concern, followed by the Palestinian peace process.
There is no doubt that our nation's security and defeating terrorism trump all other priorities.
No references to the need to fight terror can be an argument for restricting human rights.
If you really believe the number one priority of our government is the protection of our people, then the idea of being defenseless against an intercontinental ballistic missile or any other type of weapon system that puts us in jeopardy is not acceptable.
The security of our country is not just a top priority, it's the top priority.
Upholding human rights is not merely compatible with fighting terrorism, it is essential.
Terrorism is not a public health threat, relative to cancer and heart disease and malaria and so forth.
There's no national strategy to deal with combating terrorism and foreign fighters.