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The war in Iraq, the abuse of detainees, electronic eavesdropping, Guantanamo Bay - these things were all done on our behalf and they may turn out in the end to have created more terrorists.

We got a lot of information from the detainees that eventually led us to bin Laden.

After the attacks on September 11th, we all learned lessons.

We have shown, given these last three years, that we were succeeding in fighting terrorists. While during the first 30 years of the former governments they didn't.

America is stronger than ever. We will forever remember those we lost on September 11, 2001. In honoring their memory, we will remain true to our commitment to freedom and democracy.

I think, as a nation, we didn't learn our lessons from the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993. We should have been more careful in a whole host of areas.

Although we dealt decisively with all terrorist organizations, we at the same time not only maintained, preserved our democracy, but kept improving it.

The American people are so much stronger, so much more resolved than any enemy can fully understand.

Since September 11, the U.S. has significantly improved its security to prevent another attack.

We invaded Iraq to change a totalitarian, despotic regime, and we have been successful there.