I think what happened with 9/11 is that people sort of felt that it came from nowhere. Whereas I think now we understand the roots are very deep. I say it's like revolutionary Communism, something that is going to have to be knocked out over a very long period of time. This strain of extremism continues to be very strong, whether it's in Afghanistan, or Somalia or Yemen, or any of these places.

Repressive states are developing weapons that could cause destruction on a massive scale.

I want my son to grow up in a place where the people are more powerful than the government and not the other way around.

Of particular importance to us is the recognition... that what we want is a Europe of nations, not a federal super-state.

I have absolutely no doubt in my mind that the intelligence was genuine.

Where radical Islamism is going to be a factor, it's going to be very, very tough.

I have long believed this interdependence defines the new world we live in.