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"I think in the U.S., the border fence is no longer an immigration issue primarily; it's a security issue."
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"If the area were on or near the U.S. continental shelf, such data could well provide an enemy with strategically invaluable insights into undersea access routes that could be used to attack some of the millions of Americans who live on or near our coasts."

"The 'pre-emption' versus 'prevention' debate may be a distinction without much difference. The important thing is to have it understood that the United States is absolutely serious. The jihadists have in the past bragged that America is too feeble and corrupt to fight. A lot is involved in disproving that delusion on their part."

"What is the society we wish to protect? Is it the society of complete surveillance for the commonwealth? Is this the wealth we seek to have in common - optimal security at the cost of maximal surveillance?"

"No one from the beginning of time has had security."

"I think we will begin to see some real efforts made to do things like protecting Social Security and Medicare."

"Nothing can stop an enemy from picking wireless messages out of the free air - and nothing did."

"Security is a double-edged sword: While a fence sure protects the fenced, it also imprisons the protected."
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"A number of people who have supported me on the border fence in the U.S. have observed the fences in Israel and their effectiveness."

"Fences work and the walls work and separations work. They afford to any nation the delay of entry."

"Our nation must manage significant national security challenges over the next several years. We are already facing a potential conflict with Iraq, new challenges on the Korean peninsula, and key decisions in the president's plans to transform the military."

"One way to bring down crime in the state of California and every state in the union is to have an enforceable border. That means let's build that border fence. When people want to come into this country, let's ask them to knock on the front door."

"I think the American people have been surprised by the enthusiasm with which the Iraqis have taken to elections and politics."

"We seem to be our own worst enemies. We should require critical U.S. infrastructure to remain in U.S. hands."

"I think in the U.S., the border fence is no longer an immigration issue primarily; it's a security issue."
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