"Last year, customs officials screened only five percent of the 11 million cargo containers entering the United States. That rate is both unacceptable and dangerous to our national and economic interests."

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"Last year, customs officials screened only five percent of the 11 million cargo containers entering the United States. That rate is both unacceptable and dangerous to our national and economic interests."

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"So life isn't exciting?" continued Gary. "Great. Give me boredom. At least I know where I'm going to eat and sleep tonight. I'll still have a job on Monday. Yeah?" He turned and looked at Richard.Richard nodded, hesitantly. "Yeah."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

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"We must achieve both security and solvency. In fact, the foundation of military strength is economic strength,"

Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President

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"Weaponry is a fear-raising idea."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

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"Security is a double-edged sword: While a fence sure protects the fenced, it also imprisons the protected."

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"We don't like security rules and laws, but without them men will be animals, perhaps the most dangerous animals."

Amit Kalantri, Indian Author

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"Without security it is difficult for a woman to look or feel beautiful."

Merle Oberon, American Actress

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"I tapped my cup to his, grateful to have found Shaun, because for a minute there, I'd thought I was going to have to save myself. Instead, I'd wandered into the protective care of a sexy older man."

Becca Fitzpatrick, American Novelist

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"Port Security is one of our weakest security links, and it must be one of our highest priorities."

Kendrick Meek, American Politician

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"Since I speak and write about this a good deal, I am often asked at public meetings, in what sometimes seems to me a rather prurient way, whether I myself or my family have 'ever been threatened' by jihadists. My answer is that yes, I have, and so has everyone else in the audience, if they have paid enough attention to the relevant bin-Ladenist broadcasts to notice the fact."

Christopher Hitchens, American Author

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"We are willing to take concrete steps to enhance cooperation in cyber security, de-radicalization and Counter Terrorism."

Narendra Modi, Indian Leader

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"All told, these profit levels have put the world's five largest publicly traded oil companies on track to earn more than $100 billion before year's end. Yet, at the same time that Big Oil's bottom line is going up, so are Americans' energy costs."

Time, Americans, End, Energy

"The serious crimes by the Sudanese government and the government-supported militias must be met with serious consequences. We must work for tough international economic sanctions on the Sudanese government."

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"Last year, customs officials screened only five percent of the 11 million cargo containers entering the United States. That rate is both unacceptable and dangerous to our national and economic interests."

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"Government experts have estimated that ANWR reserves would only provide enough oil for six months of U.S. oil consumption. In addition, the oil industry itself has estimated that it would take 10 years to bring this oil to the market."

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"And as you point out, for American families who struggle every day to figure out how do they pay, we talk about gasoline prices. That throws budgets into a real problem when you have budgeted really tight."

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"We know we want to support our troops. We want to make sure that they have all the equipment they need."

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"In Congress, I am a strong supporter of the New Apollo Energy Act. This plan would help to establish our energy independence, create jobs, and provide cleaner, reliable, and more affordable energy."

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"Simply put, drilling in ANWR would be expensive, environmentally devastating, and would do very little to fix our energy crisis or to bring down the price of oil and gasoline."

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"My colleagues, while it is good that the Nation is finally focused on the critical issue of securing our ports, our rhetoric and our passion about Dubai must be matched by the funding necessary to keep our ports and our citizens safe."

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"Yet, only years after the Nazi-era, millions were sent to their deaths in places such as Cambodia, Bosnia and Rwanda, and the world once again took too long to act."

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