• Palin has stated that both a nuclear Iran and an unstable
Pakistan are terribly unsafe. 
	
• She proclaimed that she would try her level best to
reach out democracy for those who want freedom, independence,
tolerance, and respect for equality and fight terrorism. 
	
• She also feels that countries which house violent
economic terrorists are the most dangerous threat to America.

• Palin feels that energy is the basis of national
security.

• Palin has repeatedly conveyed to the military work force
how very much she supports them. 
	
• She supports efforts to do away with Islamic extremism,
and terrorists whose main goal is to ruin the United States of
America. In her interview with Charlie Gibson, Palin stated that
"If there is legitimate and enough intelligence that tells us
that a strike is imminent against American people, we have every
right to defend our country. In fact, the President has the
obligation, the duty to defend."

• When questioned about what important cause Sarah Palin
would campaign for if she was contesting for the post of
President, she replied that "I would push a strong military and a
sound energy policy. I believe that Alaska can help set an
example on energy policy."

• As governor of Alaska, Palin proclaimed May 1st 2007 as
'Loyalty Day' and called upon Alaskans to come forward and
support this national observance, exhibit the flag of USA and
confirm their loyalty to the country.
		

• He voted against the original Patriot Act of 2001 and
later for bills reauthorizing the act as a compromise, believing
the new version is still better than what the White House
originally proposed and does modestly improve the Patriot Act by
strengthening civil liberty protection without sacrificing the
tools that law enforcement needs to keep us safe.

?• Obama wants Homeland Security money targeted more
towards high-risk areas such as nuclear facilities, chemical
plants and ports.
 
?• He introduced legislation to enhance disaster
preparedness and to strengthen the security of chemical plants
and drinking water security.

• He wants more quality tracking of nuclear technology and
spent nuclear fuel so that it doesn't end up in terrorist hands.

• When asked to describe the Obama doctrine for the use of
force when there was no security issue in the offing, he replied,
"Well, we may not always have national security issues at stake,
but we have moral issues at stake."
	
• When asked, during his presidential interview with Katie
Couric of CBS News, to explain a national security situation when
it was appropriate to lie to the American people, Obama was of
the opinion, "I don't think it's appropriate to lie. I mean, you
can put together a hypothetical where there is a national
security emergency that is imminent. And you don?t want to
provide, for example, the location of our troops. You don?t have
to lie in those situations. You simply say, ?We?re not answering
questions." 
	
• Barack Obama thinks that the problems of terrorism are
one of the most terrible threats that the US faces. 
	
• "The way we have to approach the problem of Islamic
extremism, is we have to hunt down those who would resort to
violence to move their ideology forward. We should be going after
al Qaeda and those networks fiercely and effectively," stated
Obama on CNN Late Edition July 13th 2008.
	
• Human rights and national security are complementary,
stated Obama when he was questioned about whether human rights
were more important than American national security. 

• Laura Flanders on 11th November 2007 quoted Obama
saying, "The threat that we face now is nowhere near as dire as
it was in the Cold War. We shouldn?t allow our politics to be
driven by the fear of terrorism."