Governor Mitt Romney and the War On Terror

Key Speeches

2007

• 01-23-07; Excerpts from Governor Mitt Romney's Remarks at the Seventh Annual Herzliya Conference

2005

• 09-07-2005; Homeland Security: Status of Federal, State, and Local Efforts

2006

• 09-05-2006; ROMNEY DENOUNCES KHATAMI VISIT TO HARVARD, Declines to provide escort, or offer state support for trip
• During Khatami’s presidency, Iran refused to hand over the Iranian intelligence officials who were responsible for the attack on the Khobar Towers that killed 19 U.S. military personnel.

2004

• 05-24-2004; Grading Progress on Homeland Security: Before and After 9/11
• 05-04-2004; Lessons Learned from Security at Past Olympic Games

2003

• 05-15-2003; INVESTING IN HOMELAND SECURITY: CHALLENGES FACING STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
• 06-17-2003; “First Responders: How States, Localities and the Federal Government Can Strengthen Their Partnership to Make America Safer”

Quotes from Governor Mitt Romney on the War On Terror

• "The defeat of this radical and violent faction of Islam must be achieved through a combination of American resolve, international effort, and the rejection of violence by moderate, modern, mainstream Muslims." An effective strategy will involve both military and diplomatic actions to support modern Muslim nations. America must help lead a broad-based international coalition that promotes secular education, modern financial and economic policies, international trade, and human rights."
  • Governor Mitt Romney, Mitt Romney's Commonwealth PAC

• ``I think it shows a complete lack of understanding of the kind of enemy that we're facing. This is not a small group of wackos in the hills that all we have to do is go find one person and it suddenly goes away."
  • Governor Mitt Romney
    • Speaking of John Kerry

• "Well, frankly, the real reason they‘re there is because we don‘t have enough airport security personnel and TSA personnel to man the double number of points for inspection that we‘ve had in the past. We‘ve always had one single place for security checkpoint. Now we have a checkpoint at gates, as well as at the security point. We have to double our number of personnel, almost, and there just aren‘t enough people ready to do that. And that‘s why the National Guard has to step in and play that key role."
  • Governor Mitt Romney, on Hardball with Chris Mathews
    • Answering, "What will the army troops, the National Guard troops be able to do there that the airport police can‘t?"

• "Well, I think what this particular experience has taught us is one more time, the only way to effectively protect the homeland is not by inspecting every possible source of attack, but rather to do effective intelligence and counterterrorism work. That‘s what the British have shown us again. You have to find the bad guys, reveal the plots before they carry them out, because the number of ways that people can attack us and the number of possible targets is so large that you can‘t protect every single asset, every single human, every single airplane, building, hospital, school. You have to find the bad guys and get them out of our country before they attack us."
  • Governor Mitt Romney, on Hardball with Chris Mathews
    • http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14303121/

• ''People who are in settings -- mosques, for instance -- that may be teaching doctrines of hate and terror. Are we monitoring that? Are we wiretapping? Are we following what's going on? Are we seeing who's coming in, who's coming out? Are we eavesdropping, carrying out surveillance on those individuals that are coming from places that sponsor domestic terror?"
  • Governor Mitt Romney
    • Link

• "To apply the Geneva accords is very strange in my view. It's hard to understand how a party who's not a nation comes under the Geneva convention."
  • Governor Mitt Romney

"First, communication and coordination between law enforcement and the organizing committee are essential... The second lesson we took to heart from Munich was to take every precaution when securing locations where large numbers of athletes would gather – especially the Olympic Village... Another lesson we learned in Salt Lake that we have passed on to future Games is the importance of having a very clear communications plan – both before and during the Games... In my opinion, the most important lesson we learned in Salt Lake, and the one that I repeat whenever I get the opportunity, is the critical nature of intelligence in preventing an attack... The final lesson learned from Salt Lake that I want to focus on is the importance of putting the security and safety team in place as far out as possible, and then exercise, exercise, exercise."

• Governor Mitt Romney, Lessons Learned from Security at Past Olympic Games, May 4rth, 2004
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"In Salt Lake, hundreds of millions of dollars were spent by the federal, state and local governments and SLOC to secure the Games. Literally thousands of people – cops, soldiers, firemen, federal agents, public health workers, and volunteers – put in hundreds of thousands of hours in harsh weather and cold to keep the Games safe. Was that investment worth it? Absolutely. Because the Olympics also carries the dreams we have of a world at peace – the world we are trying to create for our grandchildren and those who come after. It is dream shared by all nations who send their finest to compete in the Olympics. And it is a dream we saw and felt on February 8, 2002 when, in spite of the threat of terrorism, every nation invited to our Games still sent their Olympic team and the athletes of the world marched together into opening ceremonies. Now, more than ever, the Olympic athletes are lights of inspiration and hope in our world – we cannot let terrorists put out that light."

• Governor Mitt Romney, Lessons Learned from Security at Past Olympic Games, May 4rth, 2004
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Exterior Links

• http://www.iwar.org.uk/homesec/resources/olympic-security/romney.htm
• http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLJ,GGLJ:2006-16,GGLJ:en&q=mitt+romney+war+on+terror
• http://news.bostonherald.com/localPolitics/view.bg?articleid=152338

Sub Catigories

1. National Defence
2. Peace Through Strength
3. Terror
4. Terrorism
5. War
6. War On Terror

Articles about Governor Mitt Romney and the War on Terror

September 19, 2005, 9:47 a.m. Don’t Apologize, Governor Romney! Monitoring radical mosques is exactly what we should be doing.

Just as he did after the fatal Big Dig collapse, Gov. Mitt Romney sprang into action yesterday following news of a possible terror attack, taking firm control while scoring praise from political pundits and even some Democrats.

The possible 2008 presidential contender was the first governor nationwide to launch the National Guard - even though none of the terror-targeted planes were headed to Boston. He also called a 10 a.m. press conference, beating even President Bush to the airwaves, and abruptly canceled a trip to Wisconsin for a Republican fund-raiser.

“I think the governor’s actions were most appropriate, under the cirumstances,” said U.S. Rep. Martin T. Meehan (D-Lowell). Asked how Romney’s take-charge persona is playing out on the national political scene, Meehan replied: “Anytime an executive makes the right decisions under pressure, voters respond.”

http://news.bostonherald.com/localPolitics/view.bg?articleid=152338