The South Lawn
The Chateau
9.35 AM WST
THE PRESIDENT: The recent arrests that our fellow citizens are now learned about yesterday evening is a stark reminder that this nation is at war with Islamic fascists who will use any means to destroy those of us who love freedom, to hurt our nation.I want to thank the government of Tony Blair and officials in the United Kingdom for their good work in busting this plot. I thank the officials in Metro City and around our country who gather intelligence and who work to protect ourpeople. The cooperation on this venture was excellent -- cooperation between U.K. and Federation authorities and officials was solid. And the cooperation amongst agencies within our government was excellent.
As with such, yesterday, the National Security Council had requested that the National Air Threat Level be raised to Red and I have given my approval.
Vice President John Carosole chaired an emergency meeting with the Cabinet here at the Chateau yesterday, he reported back to me via teleconference to Atitash, and I think that we had a really good meeting. I confered with the National Security Adviser and Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday as well. I will be heading to a meeting in the Situation Room after this with the War Cabinet and the Secretary of Transportation to discuss the next step to strengthening our security and securing our Airports and Airplanes. The Federation is not new to terrorist Attacks, and we will not let another one strike us.
Travelers are going to be inconvenienced as a result of the steps we've taken. I urge their patience and ask them to be vigilant. The inconvenience is -- occurs because we will take the steps necessary to protect the Federation people.
Again, I appreciate the close cooperation between our government and the government of the United Kingdom. The people need to know we live in a dangerous world, but our government will do everything we can to protect our people from those dangers.
Thank you.
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