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THE F.B.I. IS IMPROVING ITS
ABILITY TO ANALYZE INTELLIGENCE
AND TRANSFORMING ITSELF TO MEET
NEW THREATS.
TONIGHT I AM INSTRUCTING THE
LEADERS OF THE F.B.I., THE
C.I.A., THE HOMELAND SECURITY,
AND THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
TO DEVELOP A TERRORIST THREAT
INTEGRATION CENTER TO MERGE AND
ANALYZE OUGHT THREAT
INFORMATION IN A SINGLE
LOCATION.
OUR GOVERNMENT MUST HAVE THE
VERY BEST INFORMATION POSSIBLE,
AND WE WILL USE IT TO MAKE SURE
THE RIGHT PEOPLE ARE IN THE
RIGHT PLACES TO PROTECT ALL OUR
CITIZENS.

OUR WAR AGAINST TERROR IS A
CONTEST OF WILL IN WHICH
PERSEVERANCE IS POWER.
IN THE RUINS OF TWO TOWERS AT
THE WESTERN WALL OF THE
PENTAGON, ON A FIELD IN
PENNSYLVANIA THIS NATION MADE A
PLEDGE AND WE RENEW THAT PLEDGE
TONIGHT.
WHATEVER THE DURATION OF THIS
STRUGGLE, AND WHATEVER THE
DIFFICULTIES, WE WILL NOT
PERMIT THE TRIUMPH OF VIOLENCE
AND THE AFFAIRS OF MEN, FREE
PEOPLE WILL SET THE COURSE OF
HISTORY.

WHATEVER ACTION IS REQUIRED,
WHATEVER ATTENTION IS
NECESSARY, I WILL DEFEND THE
FREEDOM AND SECURITY OF THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
DIFFERENT THREATS REQUIRE
DIFFERENT STRATEGIES.
IN IRAN, WE CONTINUE TO SEE A
GOVERNMENT THAT REPRESSES ITS
PEOPLE, PURSUES WEAPONS OF MASS
DESTRUCTION, AND SUPPORTS
TERROR.
WE ALSO SEE IRANIAN CITIZENS
RISKING INTIMIDATION AND DEATH
AS THEY SPEAK OUT FOR LIBERTY
AND HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY.
IRANIANS LIKE ALL PEOPLE HAVE
THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE THEIR OWN
GOVERNMENT AND DETERMINE THEIR
OWN DESTINY AND THE UNITED
STATES SUPPORTS THEIR
ASPIRATIONS TO LIVE IN FREEDOM.
ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA, AN
OPPRESSIVE REGIME RULES A
PEOPLE LIVING IN FEAR AND
STARVATION.
THROUGHOUT THE 1990'S, THE
UNITED STATES RELIED ON A
NEGOTIATED FRAMEWORK TO KEEP
NORTH KOREA FROM GAINING
NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
WE NOW KNOW THAT THAT REGIME
WAS DECEIVING THE WORLD AND
DEVELOPING THOSE WEAPONS ALL
ALONG.
AND TODAY, THE NORTH KOREAN
REGIME IS USING ITS NUCLEAR
PROGRAM TO INCITE FEAR AND SEEK
CONCESSIONS.
AMERICA AND THE WORLD WILL NOT
BE BLACKMAILED.