And frankly, at the end of the day, to safeguard the American people. If we fail that and don't stand up for these men and women who put their lives on the line, If we don't stand up for keeping classified information classified, if we don't stand up and say to those who undermine our infrastructure by cyber attacks, if we don't stand up those terrorist planning, we will bear the cost later, a cost that could be catastrophic. (00:49–01:08)
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