Jihad is holy struggle, a legitimate tenet of Islam meaning to purify oneself or one's community.

President Obama has made it clear that the United States is determined to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.

We are a nation of laws, and we will always act within the bounds of the law.

President Obama is determined that our foreign and national security policies not play into al-Qa'ida's strategy or its warped ideology. Al-Qa'ida seeks to terrorize us into retreating from the world stage. But President Obama has made it a priority to renew American leadership in the world, strengthening our alliances and deepening partnerships.

Is real, it is serious, it is growing, and it constitutes one of the greatest threats to our national security and, indeed, to global security.

Our democratic values also include - and our national security demands - open and transparent government. Some information obviously needs to be protected. And since his first days in office, President Obama has worked to strike the proper balance between the security the American people deserve and the openness our democratic society expects.

The men and women of the CIA are a national treasure.