6 Barack Obama Quotes on Security

Barack Obama quotes on security

6. Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed without extraordinary international cooperation. Effective international police actions require the highest degree of intelligence sharing, planning and collaborative enforcement.

8. Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and the war on terrorism have reduced the pace of military transformation and have revealed our lack of preparation for defensive and stability operations. This Administration has overextended our military.

25. When we think of the major threats to our national security, the first to come to mind are nuclear proliferation, rogue states and global terrorism. But another kind of threat lurks beyond our shores, one from nature, not humans - an avian flu pandemic.

41. Israel is our friend, that we will assist in their security.

59. Let me be absolutely clear: Iran is a grave threat.

88. And now we have what some are reading as a suggestion that somebody knock off Osama... Obama. Well, both would look good. [laughs]