The idea is to have global standards. There is so much travel that if you just had a regional standard, it would probably ultimately have to be changed.

The violent radicals do not legitimately represent the overwhelming majority of the world's Muslims.

Europe has a long and tragic history of mostly domestic terrorism.

In the fight against terrorism, national agencies keep full control over their police forces, security and intelligence agencies and judicial authorities.

It's important that we work very closely with moderate Muslim forces locally, nationally and internationally.

The majority of the world's Muslims do not believe that terrorism is a legitimate strategy or that Islam is incompatible with democracy.

If you combat an international phenomenon, it is indispensable to share information internationally.