2009年12月28日，美国总统奥巴马在夏威夷凯卢阿的海军陆战队基地就航班爆炸事件发表讲话。奥巴马称，美国政府将采取一切行动确保民众安全，并下令重新审查所有航班安检政策及措施。

Obama vows to tighten air security

US President Barack Obama, says that the US government had enough information to foil the attempted bombing of the Christmas Day flight. But, that intelligence agencies failed to connect the dots.

Speaking after meeting his Cabinet and national security team, the president said he will act with utmost urgency to tighten air security. He outlined an initial series of changes in procedures, including enhancing the so-called watchlists of terrorism suspects. Some of the tougher procedures Obama demands, have already been put in place.

The Transportation Security Administration has directed airlines, from Monday, to give full-body, pat-down searches to US-bound travelers from 14 countries including Yemen and Nigeria.