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Yes, Gaddafi was a ruthless dictator and supporter of terrorism during his 40-year reign in Libya, but he had become an ally of the United States in the fight against radical jihadism after 9/11.
Pete Hoekstra
Terrorism
Fight
Become
Radical
States
Libya
Ruthless
Had
He
Ally
Supporter
His
Yes
Dictator
Gaddafi
After
Against
Reign
United
United States
The United States can no longer rely upon foreign nations such as China to bail us out of our economic irresponsibility. We must live within our means and implement creative, free-market solutions to put Americans back in jobs and to create economic opportunities.
Pete Sessions
Creative
Opportunities
Live
Back
Our
States
Out
Jobs
Must
Solutions
Rely
Economic
Economic Opportunities
Put
Implement
Longer
Bail
Within
Foreign
American
Irresponsibility
Nations
China
Us
Create
Means
United
United States
In 1862, Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act, a bill opening one half million square miles of territory in the western United States for settlement.
Peter Agre
Half
Settlement
States
One Half
Signed
Abraham
Abraham Lincoln
Opening
Territory
Lincoln
Western
Square
Square Miles
Bill
Act
Miles
United
United States
Homestead
Million
Our reports about civilian casualties here, about the resistance of the Iraqi forces, are going back to the United States. It helps those who oppose the war when you challenge the policy to develop their arguments.
Peter Arnett
War
You
Challenge
Argument
Oppose
Back
Our
States
Those
About
Civilian
Civilian Casualties
Casualties
Develop
Policy
Forces
Iraqi
Reports
Going
Who
Helps
United
United States
Here
Resistance
Anne Richard, a senior U.S. State Department official, testified at a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing in November 2015 that any Syrian refugee trying to get into the United States is scrutinized by officials from the National Counterterrorism Center, FBI, Department of Homeland Security, State Department and Pentagon.
Peter Bergen
November
National
State
State Department
States
Syrian
Security
Pentagon
Anne
Counterterrorism
Hearing
Get
Senate
Trying
Department
Official
Officials
Any
Committee
Senior
Refugee
Center
Scrutinized
Richard
Homeland
Homeland Security
United
United States
Every lethal terrorist attack in the United States since 9/11 has been carried out by an American citizen or a legal permanent resident, not by recent immigrants or by refugees. So tamping down immigration won't fix the real issue, which is 'homegrown' terrorism.
Peter Bergen
Terrorism
Legal
Immigration
Citizen
Down
Every
States
Carried
Out
Has-Been
Immigrants
Attack
Since
Permanent
Terrorist
Terrorist Attack
Real
Issue
Been
Real Issue
Fix
American
American Citizen
Refugees
Which
Homegrown
Lethal
United
Resident
United States
Recent
In Yemen, the United States conducted more drone strikes in 2016 than any year except 2012, the peak of the campaign in the country, according to data collected by New America.
Peter Bergen
Country
Year
Strikes
States
Collected
Data
More
Except
New
Campaign
Yemen
According
Than
America
Any
United
United States
Peak
Because Scotland and Northern Ireland want to remain part of the E.U., there is the quite real possibility that Scotland and even Northern Ireland might now choose to go their own way on membership within the E.U. and the 'United Kingdom' would suddenly effectively be only England and Wales.
Peter Bergen
Own
Way
Possibility
Membership
Would
Kingdom
Only
Remain
Part
Because
Within
Real
Go
Effectively
Ireland
Wales
Scotland
Northern
Quite
Northern Ireland
Want
Might
Choose
England
Even
Suddenly
Now
United
United Kingdom
The reality is that Trump's focus on immigrants is to misconceive of the terrorist problem that exists in the United States.
Peter Bergen
Reality
Problem
Focus
States
Immigrants
Terrorist
Trump
Exists
United
United States
In quiet ways far too complex to hold Trump's interest, Muslims in the United States and around the world are helping every day to prevent massacres such as Orlando from happening.
Peter Bergen
Day
Every Day
World
Every
Too
States
Ways
Complex
Muslims
Prevent
Around
Trump
Quiet
Hold
Happening
Interest
Far
Helping
United
United States
Orlando
Some might say that that while al Qaeda the organization may be basically dead, its ideology continues to thrive and to inspire 'lone wolves' to attack the United States.
Peter Bergen
Inspire
Organization
Thrive
Ideology
Say
States
Lone
Some
Attack
Dead
Wolves
May
While
Might
Al
United
United States
Al-Qaeda
Basically
One of the themes of 'The Longest War,' my book, which came out before the Arab spring happened, was how al-Qaida and bin Laden was losing the war of ideas in the Muslim world, not because the United States was winning them, but because al-Qaida was simply losing them.
Peter Bergen
War
Book
World
Losing
Spring
Before
States
Arab
Arab Spring
Out
Muslim
Muslim World
Winning
Simply
Longest
Ideas
Because
How
Came
Happened
Which
Them
Themes
Bin
United
United States
The reason that attacks by American terrorists who are not jihadist militants are sometimes not called 'terrorism' is, in part, because in the United States, terrorism is a crime which has to be in some way be associated with a 'designated' terrorist group such as ISIS.
Peter Bergen
Terrorism
Sometimes
Crime
Group
Way
States
Some
Attacks
Part
Because
Terrorist
Terrorists
American
Which
Reason
Who
United
United States
Associated
Security services, from Afghanistan to the United States, should be alert throughout the Ramadan period, but especially on the 27th day of the holy month.
Peter Bergen
Day
Month
States
Security
Throughout
Period
Afghanistan
Holy
Should
United
United States
Services
Alert
Candidate Trump had previously opined that 'Islam hates us' and had called for 'the total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States,' an argument he has since modified and moderated.
Peter Bergen
Argument
Islam
Complete
States
Entering
Muslims
Hates
Total
Had
He
Since
Trump
Candidate
Us
Modified
United
United States
On November 28, 2016, Abdul Razak Ali Artan, an 18-year-old legal resident of the United States whose family was originally from Somalia, used a car to mow down a group of people at the Ohio State University.
Peter Bergen
Family
Legal
People
Car
November
Down
Group
Ali
State
State University
States
Somalia
Ohio
Mow
Used
Originally
United
Whose
Resident
United States
University
Bin Laden had come to the delusional conclusion that the United States was as weak as the Soviet Union had once been.
Peter Bergen
Once
States
Weak
Had
Delusional
Come
Conclusion
Been
Soviet
Soviet Union
Union
Bin
United
United States
What bin Laden had hoped to achieve in Afghanistan in the post-9/11 period, which was to drag the United States into a protracted guerrilla war like the one he had fought against the Soviets, never happened. Instead, that protracted guerrilla war is now playing out in Iraq, in the heart of the Middle East.
Peter Bergen
War
Heart
Achieve
Guerrilla
States
East
Out
Hoped
Never
Had
He
Instead
Like
Period
Protracted
Iraq
Soviets
Afghanistan
Middle
Middle East
Happened
Which
Against
Bin
Fought
Now
United
United States
Playing
Drag
The United States is not for democracy in Iraq, it's for setting up a puppet government.
Peter Camejo
Government
Democracy
Setting
States
Puppet
Iraq
Up
United
United States
We must have a fair tax in the United States. We have to re-adjust it, we must be fiscally responsible.
Peter Camejo
States
Responsible
Must
Fair
Fiscally
Tax
United
United States
Deep down, the Iraqi people want the United States out. And their self-determination should be respected.
Peter Camejo
People
Down
Respected
States
Out
Self-Determination
Iraqi
Iraqi People
Want
Should
Deep
Deep Down
United
United States
It's true: one of the things that I've always thought about American society is that you never get the sort of natural politicisation of class consciousness that you would get in the United Kingdom or even in Australia.
Peter Carey
You
Class
Natural
Thought
Society
One Of The Things
Would
Class Consciousness
Kingdom
About
Never
True
Sort
Always
Australia
Get
American
American Society
Even
United
United Kingdom
Things
Consciousness
I worked on congressional campaigns when I was a teenager. I did United Way fundraisers when I was a teen. We advocated; we spoke out. I protested the first Iraq War in college.
Peter Paige
War
College
First
Teen
Teenager
Way
Out
Spoke
Iraq
Iraq War
Campaigns
Did
Worked
Congressional
United
At Manchester United, you can have a bad day, and the supporters understand. Even in a crunch game, you can have a bad result, and they still back the team.
Peter Schmeichel
Day
You
Game
Result
Bad Day
Back
Bad
Crunch
Supporters
Understand
Still
Manchester
Manchester United
Team
Even
United
You will never see United manager Sir Alex Ferguson in the media taking problems he has or the squad has or the club has into the open. Never, ever. But you do see that at Manchester City.
Peter Schmeichel
You
Problems
Will
Club
City
See
Never
Open
He
Taking
Ferguson
Squad
Sir
Manager
Manchester
Media
United
Ever
Alex
I have no regrets about leaving, and I don't miss being at United at all.
Peter Schmeichel
About
No Regrets
Miss
Leaving
Being
Regrets
United
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