Admiral Michael Mullen: “The direction you get from a President in a situation like that is 'Do everything you can.' It's all the guidance that…”

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

The biggest threat to our national security is our deficit.

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.

It is my personal belief that allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly would be the right thing to do.