The following statement was issued today by National Security Council spokesperson Ned Price.
Over
the course of President Obama’s Administration, and particularly since
the White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism in February 2015,
the United States Government has focused on strengthening our effort to
prevent violent extremists from radicalizing and mobilizing recruits at
home and abroad. The horrific attacks in Paris and San Bernardino this
winter underscored the need for the United
States and our partners in the international community and the private
sector to deny violent extremists like ISIL fertile recruitment
ground.
Today
the U.S. Government is announcing new initiatives to improve our
international and domestic efforts to counter violent extremism. The
Department
of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice will announce the
establishment of the Countering Violent Extremism Task Force, a new
organization that will integrate and harmonize domestic CVE efforts here
at home. The State Department will establish the
Global Engagement Center, which will allow us to place an intensified
focus on empowering and enabling the voices of international partners,
governmental and non-governmental, and shift away from direct messaging.
Additionally, today some of the most senior
officials from the White House and across the President’s national
security team are meeting in Silicon Valley with representatives from a
number of leading technology companies, to follow up on the President’s
call in his address on December 6 for the government
and private sector to work together to combat terrorism and counter violent extremism online.
Today’s
developments reflect President Obama’s commitment to take every
possible action to confront and interdict terrorist activities wherever
they
occur, including online.
Source: The White House, Office of the Press Secretary
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