Security Enhancements Quotes

The terrorist attacks on September the 11th were a turning point for our nation. We saw the goals of a determined enemy to expand the scale of their murder and force America to retreat from the world. And our nation accepted a mission. We will defeat this enemy. The United States of America is determined to guard our homeland against future attacks. As the September 11th Commission concluded, our country is safer than we were three years ago, but we are not yet safe

They're doing everything they can to tighten security at the White House. Today, on the roof of the White House, they added one of those fake owls.

I'm not one who wants to micromanage the Capitol Police whatsoever. However, if they see or feel that there are some greater opportunities to provide the same, if not better, safety and security for folks, I think Capitol Police should explore all those options - but not just focus that from a cost perspective.

I'm confident that the terrorists are aware that from the curb to the cockpit we've got additional security measures that didn't exist a couple of years ago.

The acting director of the Secret Service, Joseph Clancy, said they may make the fence around the White House taller because of the recent security failures. When asked if he had any other ideas, he said, 'Uh, make the sidewalk lower?'

But I should tell you honestly that this administration under President Obama is doing in regard to our security more than anything that I can remember in the past.

In light of the attacks on mass transit systems in other countries, shouldn't we be beefing up?... Clearly more could be done.

After releasing Mono 1.0, we started work on a new edition of Mono that will be released later in the year.

The border is way more porous than it should be, and I think we'd be open to discussing anything that enhances border security.

With the enhancements to the security of the passport document itself that biometric technology will bring, it is time to make equivalent enhancements to the process of establishing identity before issuing passports.

Even the Interior Ministry in Riyadh was hit. Since then, the Saudis have employed a very intelligent and comprehensive approach to counter al-Qaida, including precise operations based on good intelligence, changes in their corrections facilities, superb strategic communications programs and a host of other initiatives - all of which, together, have helped Saudi Arabia achieve impressive results in their fight against extremists.

I think we're going to have to take a hard look about what more we can do to prevent this kind of lone wolf attack.