Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction and Terrorism Through Security Cooperation

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Serving to integrate the three pillars of this strategy are four enabling functions that must be pursued on a priority basis: first, intelligence collection and analysis on WMD, delivery systems, and related technologies; second, research and development to improve our ability to respond to evolving threats; third, bilateral and multilateral cooperation; and fourth, targeted strategies against hostile states and terrorists.

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Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction and Terrorism Through Security Cooperation

[The following excerpts are extracted from the remarks to the Security Cooperation Strategy Conference, April 6-7, 2006, National Defense University, Washington, D.C., April 6, 2006.]

Weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in the hands of terrorists would pose a grave security threat to the United States and our allies. We assess that it will be very difficult to deter terrorists from using WMD if they can lay their hands on such weapons.

Therefore, i...

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