article_snippet: CNN cannot independently verify the legitimacy of the audio statement.
article_snippet: A U.S. official told CNN there is no reason to doubt the claim's authenticity.
article_snippet: That said, American officials are checking the platform that the audio statement went out on, including the extent to which the audio statement's tied to the group calling the audio statement the Islamic State.
article_snippet: We have really to work on the culture, the level of ideas," she said.
article_snippet: she and others are trying to terrify us.
article_snippet: I'm sure that we will fight terrorism and that we will really eradicate terrorism from the country.