Admiral Michael Mullen

the national debt was the greatest threat to the national security of the United States.

The national debt's the number-one security threat of the United States of America.

I have said many times that I believe the single biggest threat to our national security is our debt.

The biggest threat to our national security is our deficit.

The direction you get from a President in a situation like that is 'Do everything you can.' It's all the guidance that you need.

The likelihood that NATO could respond in a situation like that was absolutely zero.

The line of questioning approached here for those of us in the military that we would consider for a second not doing anything we possibly could just stirs us to our bones because that's not who we are. We don't leave anybody behind.

Their legacy is not in their death. It is ultimately not in their sacrifice. It is in the sunrises and sunsets, the birthdays and the holidays, the first dates, and the first-borns, all the cherished moments they have made possible for the…

I think the biggest threat we have to our national security is our debt.

The prospect of unsecure nuclear weapons or materials, and their acquisition and use by al Qaeda or an affiliate, is a serious threat that DOD addresses in the NMS as well as in our operational planning efforts.

I remain concerned that the pace of current operations prevents our forces from training across the entire range of operations and erodes our readiness to counter future threats.