It has a track record of taking firm action based on evidence provided," said the spokesman.
"We stand by our allies, strengthen our own missile defense and lead the world in taking firm action in response to these threats".
To add fuel to the fire, English Defence League members had appeared in solidarity with Sikhs to ask why the police weren't taking firm action.
Provocations of the sort we saw last night will only isolate them further, as we stand by our allies, strengthen our own missile defense, and lead the world in taking firm action in response to these threats.
"Provocations... will only isolate [North Korea] further, as we stand by our allies, strengthen our own missile defence, and lead the world in taking firm action in response to these threats," Mr Obama said in the speech at the time.
It continues to claim it is taking firm action to rein in the militiamen, despite evidence to the contrary, and that the conflict's toll is far lower than that reported by aid agencies.
The director of the Bangkok-based foundation, Steven Galster, said: "This not only sends a message to wildlife traffickers that the Philippine government is taking firm action against the illegal ivory trade, but also takes a stand against corruption by burning their ivory stockpile so it cannot be stolen then sold into the black market".
Meanwhile, many Pakistanis in the North-West Frontier Province and the tribal belt said that they were pleased that the government was taking firm action against the Taliban, who are now threatening the capital of the province, Peshawar, and have taken over some of the towns around it.
While saying that the GOP cannot close down the accounts and operations of JuD, as the entity is not yet the subject of a 1267 designation, Aziz agreed that there is no similar impediment to taking firm action against designees Al Akhtar and Al Rashid Trusts.
He sped through other foreign policy fronts, saying of North Korea's nuclear test, "provocations of the sort we saw last night will only isolate them further, as we stand by our allies, strengthen our own missile defense, and lead the world in taking firm action in response to these threats".
