No country is immune to violent extremism. From Baghdad and Bamako to Paris, Brussels and Istanbul, we have had tragic reminders of this global peril. Threats to our security are more complex than they have been for decades, and the most serious among them is violent extremism. It must be
defeated …
War and civil strife in the Middle East and Africa are giving extremist groups room to grow into a threat out of all proportion to their relative strength. That much is clear, even if the full picture of the exponential increase in violent extremism and terrorism is much more complex. The fall of la…
I thank you, President, for your leadership and for convening this important meeting.
The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has shocked the world with its rapid advance, public executions and other barbaric acts. ISIL is now not only a threat to Iraq and Syria, it is also a threat to the …
