A lot of things look good on an academic's blackboard in terms of the actions that need to be taken. It's almost like a football coach, when you draw the X's and O's: Every play that is chalked on that board goes for a touchdown. Well, there are a lot of yards to be made between the line of scrimmage and the touchdown.

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.

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

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

We know from the material that was recovered from the bin Laden compound that bin Laden was looking at the 10th anniversary of 9/11 as an opportunity to strike yet again at the U.S. homeland.

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

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