Pakistan Will Remain Committed To Fight Against Extremism, Says Military Official

Brig. Gen. Michael Nagata, Deputy Commander of the Office of the Defense Representative in Pakistan, says he is still confident that Pakistan will remain committed to their fight against terrorism and violent extremism. (0:14)

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Who Will Take The Guantanamo Detainees?

By Kayleigh Harvey - Talk Radio News Service

This was a point raised today by the former United Kingdom Secretary of Defense, Rt. Hon Des Browne Mp, in a discussion on "Transatlantic Security Post-Bush," at the Center for American Progress. Mr Browne talked about the need for other European countries to take Guantanamo prisoners.


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Bin Laden a main priority for Director of the CIA nominee

By Kayleigh Harvey - Talk Radio News Service

Senator Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) asks the nominee for the Director of the CIA about his views on Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda at his hearing before the Senate Select Intelligence Committee. At his hearing he said that finding Bin Laden would be a "main priority". February 5, 2009.
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All Islamist terrorists start with non-violent Islamism

Zeyno Baran, senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, says that we must not confuse religious Islam and politcal Islamism. She says that all Islamist terrorists start with non-violent Islamism. (1:12)
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Global Islamists will save people from capitalism

Maajid Nawaz, director of the Quilliam Foundation, speaks about the four main beliefs that connect Islamists. He says that the state will save the global community from capitalism or communism and connect the people. The principles are fundamental to Islam, so that if someone says that they do not belief Islam is political they are viewed as heretics. (1:14)
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In the war on terror, everything goes

When asked if political pressure or incompetence was the reason behind the slowness that the FBI took to respond to the torture allegations, Rep. Jerrold Nalder (D-N.Y.) said it was reluctance to confront senior administration officials, because of the belief that everything went in the war on terror. (0:43)

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Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte Discusses Spreading Violence in Pakistan at Senate Foreign Relations Committee

At a hearing entitled “U.S. Policy Options in Post-Election Pakistan,” Negroponte discusses the threat posed by violence spreading out of the "FATA" (Federally Administered Tribal Areas) into the 'settled' areas. However, he also notes the recent election and other indications from the Pakistani people of their interest in stability, democracy, and combating such threats of violence within their borders. (0:39)
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