ity to focus its efforts
and resources on the areas most at risk. We will maintain the momentum
generated in response to the September 11 attacks by working with our
partners abroad and various international forums to keep combating
terrorism at the forefront of the international agenda.

Most importantly, we will _defend_ the United States, our citizens, and
our interests at home and abroad by both proactively protecting our
homeland and extending our defenses to ensure we identify and
neutralize the threat as early as possible.

+Victory in the War Against Terror+

Victory against terrorism will not occur as a single, defining moment.
It will not be marked by the likes of the surrender ceremony on the
deck of the USS Missouri that ended World War II. However, through the
sustained effort to compress the scope and capability of terrorist
organizations, isolate them regionally, and destroy them within state
borders, the United States and its friends and allies will secure a
world in which our children can live free from fear and where the
threat of terrorist attacks does not define our daily lives.

Victory, therefore, will be secured only as long as the United States
and the international community maintain their vigilance and work
tirelessly to prevent terrorists from inflicting horrors like those of
September 11, 2001.

[Illustration: _Figure 3_: Operationalizing the Strategy]

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

"_America is no longer protected by vast oceans.
We are protected from attack only by vigorous action abroad,
and increased vigilance at home._"

PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

JANUARY 29, 2002

+_Goal_: Defeat Terrorists and Their Organizations+

The first tenet of the 4D strategy (Defeat, Deny, Diminish and Defend)
calls for defeating terrorist organizations of global reach through the
direct or indirect use of diplomatic, economic, information, law
enforcement, military, financial, intelligence, and other instruments
of power. The evolution of terrorist organizations into loose, flexible
networks with small, informal groups compounds the challenges of
combating them. The United States will use all its resources, including
the ability to marshal and sustain international coalitions, to defeat
networks and prevent the growth of new organizations. The United States
and its partners will target the individuals, state sponsors, and
transnational networks that enable terrorism to flourish.