Mark Esper: “Can’t you just shoot them? Just shoot them in the legs or something?”

We cannot allow the Iranians to control the Strait of Hormuz.

The aim was to capture Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and if we couldn't capture him, then, of course, we were going to kill him.

The option to use active duty forces in a law enforcement role should only be used as a matter of last resort, and only in the most urgent and dire of situations.

I explained to her that the President is the sole nuclear launch authority, but he doesn't launch them alone.