“We’re engaged in a global struggle against the followers of a murderous ideology that despises freedom and crushes all dissent, and has territorial ambitions and pursues totalitarian aims. … And against such an enemy there is only one effective response: We will never back down, we will never give in and we will never accept anything less than complete victory. … We will defeat the terrorists and their hateful ideology by spreading the hope of freedom across the world. … The security of our nation depends on the advance of liberty in other nations.”

– President George W. Bush
July 4, 2006

National Strategy for Combating Terrorism
September 2006

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1. Overview of America’s National Strategy for Combating Terrorism
2. Today’s Realities in the War on Terror
   • Successes
   • Challenges
3. Today’s Terrorist Enemy
4. Strategic Vision for the War on Terror
5. Strategy for Winning the War on Terror
   • Long-term approach: Advancing effective democracy
   • Over the short term: Four priorities of action
     • Prevent attacks by terrorist networks
     • Deny WMD to rogue states and terrorist allies who seek to use them
     • Deny terrorists the support and sanctuary of rogue states
     • Deny terrorists control of any nation they would use as a base and launching pad for terror
6. Institutionalizing Our Strategy for Long-term Success
7. Conclusion