The United States is the first nation to regularly conduct strikes using remotely piloted aircraft in an armed conflict. Other nations also possess this technology. Many more nations are seeking it, and more will succeed in acquiring it.

Terrorists are not 100 feet tall. Nor do they deserve the abject fear they seek to instill.

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

The risk of just one terrorist with just one nuclear weapon is a risk we simply cannot afford to take.

We are in this business, whether it be intelligence or the government, to protect freedom, democracy and liberty, not to violate that.

The United States is the first nation to regularly conduct strikes using remotely piloted aircraft in an armed conflict. Other nations also possess this technology. Many more nations are seeking it, and more will succeed in acquiring it.

When we uphold the rule of law, our counterterrorism tools are more likely to withstand the scrutiny of our courts, our allies, and the American people.