Defense Official: Military Can't Stop Al Qaeda Alone

General Counsel for the Department of Defense Jeh Johnson says that the military can not be the only solution to combating al Qaeda and other terrorist groups. (0:50)

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Obama: Al Qaeda Weaker Than Ever

Speaking at the UN General Assembly, President Barack Obama says that as New York City continues to heal from the September 11th attacks, Al Qaeda and its followers are now weaker than ever. 

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Somali Terrorism Going International, Says Homeland Security Expert

Frank J. Cilluffo, Director of the George Washington University’s Homeland Security Policy Institute, says Somali terrorism is expanding. (0:25)

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New Al Qaeda Presence In US, Claims FDD President

Cliff May, President of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, says that according to recent reports there is an Al Qaeda presence within the United States and Al Qaeda hit teams set up in Europe. (0:27)

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Al Qaeda In Business Of Terror, It's What They Do, Says FDD President

President of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) Cliff May talks about a recent question posed to him about why Al Qaeda is choosing to plan attacks in Europe at the current time. (0:38)

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Terrorists Are As Creative As They Are Evil, Says Lawmaker

Rep. Charlie Dent (R-Penn.) describes during a discussion with the Ripon Society on Homeland Security the difficulties facing the government in dealing with enemies as creative as they are evil. (0:14)

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Obama Now Realizing That "Charm Offensive" Hasn't Worked On Iran, Says Expert

Responding to news that the Obama administration is dispatching defense missiles to four Middle Eastern nations, Jim Carafano with the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. says that the President is finally realizing that his strategy of simply using diplomacy to convince Iran to abandon its nuclear ambitions has failed. (:26)
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U.S. Has All The Tools For Preventing Another Terror Attack, Says Expert

Responding to testimony given yesterday by Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair, Jim Carafano with the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. says that al-Qaeda is desperate to attack the U.S. However, he says that Blair's statement that al-Qaeda is planning a massive strike in the U.S. sometime in the next six months should not put us in panic mode. "We've got the tools in the toolkit [to prevent future attacks], we just have to use them," says Carafano. (:36)
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New Intelligence Suggesting Possible Upcoming al-Qaeda Attack Not Cause For Alarm, Says Expert

Responding to testimony yesterday given by Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair, Jim Carafano with the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. says intelligence that suggests al-Qaeda will attack the U.S. sometime in the next six months is not cause for alarm. (:19)
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Intel Report On Upcoming al-Qaeda Attack Is Being Overhyped, Says Expert

Responding to testimony yesterday from Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair, Jim Carafano with the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. says that al-Qaeda has tried to attack the United States several times over the past few years, to no avail. "What's the news?" asks Carafano. (:22)
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Gen. Wesley Clark Says Purpose Of Afghanistan Mission Is To Prevent Emergence Of A Terrorist State

"What's the purpose in Afghanistan? Well, it's not to defeat Al-Qaeda because they're largely not there," said retired General Wesley Clark Tuesday. "It seems to me that what we seek there is to prevent the emergence of a terrorist state that would physically harbor Al-Qaeda and use it's diplomatic and legal authorities as weapons against the very international system of which it's a member." (0:33)
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Expert Says U.S. Can Show Control By Leaving Afghanistan Intact And Soon

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Scholar Gilles Dorronsoro says Monday that the United States needs to show Pakistan that the U.S. has control in Afghanistan. He suggested the U.S. exercise that control by leaving Afghanistan self-sufficient, and within the next few years. (0:33)
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Guantanamo Bay's Damaged Policies

Elisa Massimino CEO and Executive Director of Human Rights First explains the policy damage caused by Guantanamo Bay and its international effect on radicals like Al Qaeda. (0:36)
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General Petraeus Talks About Educating Soldiers

By Michael Ruhl, University of New Mexico – Talk Radio News Service

General David Petraeus says before Congress that it is important for soldiers to have an expanded understanding of Afghanistan, so that the army can function better as a whole. (01:18)
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Fred Lucas: Guantanamo Bay-A black eye for the U.S. in terms of world image

Talk Radio News Service interviews Fred Lucas, a staff writer of CNS News at the 2009 Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C. Lucas talks about Guantanamo Bay and the Republican stance on the issue. Lucas also talks about the closure of Guantanamo Bay and how it may possibly serve as a recruiting tool for Al-Qaeda. (05:53)
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Retired Lt. General calls for change in Afghan War

By Michael Ruhl, University of New Mexico - Talk Radio News Service

While testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Retired Lt. General David Barno said that in his opinion the Afghan war at the beginning of 2009 was "drifting towards failure", and that a change in strategy is necessary. He defined success for the United States in 5 ways. First, the Taliban and Al-Qaeda being defeated in the region and denied usable sanctuary, preventing them from engaging in future attacks on the United States and its allies. Secondly, Pakistan would become a long term ally of the United States, and no longer would serve as a terrorist base. Next, success for NATO is important to the US mission, as is establishing a stable and sustainable Afghan government which is legitimate in the eyes of its people and can govern and control its territory. Finally, the people in this region should be confident in U.S. as a friend in helping them combat extremism. (2:12)
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Members of Iraqi government funding al-Qaeda

Former Chief Investigator (Baghdad) of the Iraqi Commission on Public Integrity Salam Adhoob discusses how certain members of the Iraqi government are involved in varying degrees of corruption, including funding al-Qaeda in Iraq (0:38).
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Hard to say Al Qaeda has weakened since 9/11

Seth Jones, a political scientist at the RAND Corporation says that his study has found that in some ways Al Qaeda has strengthened in recent years. He says that since September 2001, the average number of terrorist attacks attributed to core Al Qaeda members has increased, along with the geographic range of the attacks (:27).
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Sen. Feingold: al- Qaida not in Iraq

At a discussion on 'Confronting Foreign Intellingence and Information Gaps' held at the New America Foundation. Senator Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) said that he was sure al-Qaida will not be found in Iraq. (0:30)
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Cheney: US doesn’t torture

Vice President Dick Cheney says that the United States’s interrogations of al-Qaeda members is effective and has never involved torture. (0:43)

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