We are familiar with terrorism. But indiscriminate, cross-border, religiously motivated terrorism is new.

I have never come across a technology that doesn't change. This is inevitable. You have to adapt your systems as technology develops.

Terrorists always have the advantage of surprise.

In situations of military conflict, civil strife, lawlessness, bad governance, and human rights violations, terrorists find it easier to hide, train and prepare their attacks.

There are no automatic links between poverty and terrorism. Among millions of poor people in the world, only a few turn to terrorism.

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

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