Counter-terror tactic OK’d:
President Donald Trump on Thursday approved a national strategy for counterterrorism that will protect, enhance national security, and guide the US’ effort to defeat terrorists that threaten the US, the president said in a statement.
“The National Strategy for Counterterrorism focuses efforts on pursuing terrorists to their source, isolating terrorists from their support, modernizing and integrating our counterterrorism tools, protecting US infrastructure and enhancing preparedness, countering terrorist radicalization and recruitment and strengthening the counterterrorism abilities of our international partners,” said White House National Security Adviser John Bolton to reporters.
He noted that this strategy will not focus on a single organization but on terrorist networks that threat the US and its allies. Bolton said the US will additionally, “focus our efforts on disrupting and denying the ways and means terrorists use to radicalize, recruit, mobilize, finance, travel, communicate, and inspire new followers.”
Trump highlighted, “It provides the strategic guidance needed to protect the United States against all terrorist threats, while simultaneously fostering the agility to anticipate, prevent, and respond to new threats.”
From the State Department, Secretary Mike Pompeo said, “The strategy recognizes the need for all nations to equitably share the burden of confronting terrorism, to expand the counterterrorism capabilities of our partners, and to work collaboratively to defeat the terrorists of today and tomorrow.” (KUNA)