"Nothing is more sacred to our constitutional democracy than the peaceful transfer of power" per Amb. Nathan Sales speaking to
@AEI Adds that those who rioted "desecrated the Capitol & the principals for which its stands"
"There's no room for complacency"
@StateDept's Sales warns on the fight vs terrorism, repeating warnings that there needs to be a focus on #ISIS, #alQaida in #Africa
#StateCTatAEI
CT needs to remain "an urgent priority" per Sales
"Counterterrorism & Great Power Competition are not mutually exclusive" he says "CT is a competitive advantage for our country...security cooperation can forge durable relationships that blunt our rivals' malign influence"
"The basic architecture of American counterterrorism has been remarkably durable & stable" per
@StateDept's Amb Sales, noting border security keeping out #ISIS #alQaida, plus the success of sanctions
"Counterterrorism is one of the ways that we can compete w/our rivals" per
@StateDept Counterterrorism Coordinator Amb Nathan Sales "We do counterterrorism better than anybody else"
re #terrorism #GreatPowerCompetition #Russia #China
#StateCTatAEI
"If we're not making them play defense, they're going to start playing offense...they will plot external operations" per
@StateDept's Amb Sales says of #ISIS #alQaida
#Iran-#alQaida -
@StateDept's CT Coordinator affirms
@SecPompeo's assessment that they've "made common cause" with AQ using Iran as its new home base
The designation of the #Russia|n Imperial Movement, aka #RIM, "shouldn't be the last" by
@StateDept for a white supremacist/ethnically motived terror group, per CT Coordinator Amb Nathan Sales
"We need to continue to identify potential targets for designation"