Rand Beers Quotes

United States, Military Officer
November 30, 1942

Rand Beers (born November 30, 1942) is an American government official who served as Deputy Homeland Security Advisor to the President of the United States during the Barack Obama administration. He also served as acting Secretary of Homeland Security following the resignation of Secretary Janet Napolitano on September 6, 2013 until Jeh Johnson assumed that office on December 23, 2013.

The precondition to freedom is security.

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- Freedom
- Security
The expansion and sophistication of transnational crime represents one of the most dangerous threats we confront in the next millennium.

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You can't succeed in beating the insurgents unless you can convince the people that they can be protected.

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- People
- Succeed
- Convince
Sir, I see a lot of documents in my day-to-day business, and I can't tell you every document that I've seen. It may have passed across my desk. It may not have passed across my desk. I truthfully cannot answer that question, other than to say I don't remember.

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- May
- Business
- Remember
The purpose of Plan Columbia was to deal with the increased cultivation and illegal activity associated with that cultivation concerning narco trafficking in Columbia.

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- Purpose
- Plan
- Activity
Let's be cautious about dreaming up extreme scenarios. The situation in Iraq is still salvageable.

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- Up
- Situation
- Dreaming
I was deposed in association with a case involving the Golden Venture, a ship which smuggled Chinese aliens into the United States about eight or nine ago.

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- Chinese
- Ship
- Golden
We're seeing the development of tactics in Iraq, such as suicide bombing. Insurgents have been driving cars with explosives into hotels and office buildings. The recruitment may be even more prolific outside Iraq.

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- May
- Driving
- Suicide