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My first responsibility is to keep America safe.

We want the president to act to keep America safe.

The only way we're going to keep America safe is to have an elite military, all right.

I am committed to protecting our country against the threat of terrorism.

I think of all the guys that strap a gun on their backs and head to Afghanistan and Iraq to keep us free and safe and maintain what America has stood for.

I believe we are now in a struggle over whether or not we are going to save America.

And while the U.S. can never be 100 percent safe from a future strike, our government is working around the clock on measures to protect the American people.

What I can do as the member of the United States Senate is try to do everything I can to keep America safe.

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.

Although we must change the ways we protect our country, we must also guard against policies that appear attractive but offer little real protection and may even impede our ability to protect ourselves.