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Latest Promises In Terrorism
Donald Trump
Designate drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations
State Department designates six cartels and two gangs as foreign terrorist organizations
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February 26, 2025
Joe Biden
Enact domestic terrorism law
No new law enacted, but official strategy heightens focus on domestic terrorism
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January 5, 2022
Donald Trump
Close parts of the Internet where ISIS is
Trump didn’t close parts of the internet to ISIS
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January 15, 2021
Donald Trump
Call for an international conference to defeat ISIS
Trump’s counterterrorism efforts include continued global coalition meetings, but no new conference
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July 15, 2020
Donald Trump
Develop a plan to defeat ISIS in 30 days
Experts say Trump deserves some credit for ISIS decline, but it’s not completely defeated
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July 15, 2020
Donald Trump
Keep Guantanamo Bay Detention Center open
Trump signs order keeping Guantanamo prison open
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January 31, 2018
Barack Obama
Establish regulations to secure chemical plants
Rules on chemical plants are not as strong as envisioned
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December 27, 2016
Barack Obama
Restrict warrantless wiretaps
Some limits on warrantless wiretaps but loopholes remain
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November 18, 2016
Barack Obama
Revise the Patriot Act to increase oversight on government surveillance
More oversight, but limits not ironclad
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October 12, 2016
Barack Obama
We will crush al-Qaida
Islamic State and al-Qaida affiliates still growing
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April 2, 2015
Barack Obama
Improve port security through better radiation detection
Mutiple failures on multiple fronts
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December 20, 2012
Barack Obama
Spend $5 billion over three years on cooperative programs with foreign intelligence agencies
Partnership up and running, but funding is unclear
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December 19, 2012
Barack Obama
Restore habeas corpus rights for “enemy combatants”
Many enemy combatants still lack habeas rights
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December 13, 2012
Barack Obama
Stop al Qaida prison recruitment
A slow expansion of policies begun under George W. Bush
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November 20, 2012
Barack Obama
Establish a Global Education Fund
No sign of $2 billion bump for alternatives to madrassas
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November 19, 2012
Barack Obama
Convene a summit on preventing nuclear terrorism
Two summits on preventing nuclear terrorism held, one scheduled for 2014
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November 15, 2012
Barack Obama
Create a real National Infrastructure Protection Plan
Protection plan was updated
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December 21, 2009
Barack Obama
Allocate Homeland Security funding according to risk
Grants to be awarded based on risk
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December 21, 2009
Barack Obama
Appoint a White House Coordinator for Nuclear Security
White House nuclear security coordinator was installed in January
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December 10, 2009
