Martin Dempsey
The Public Record
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
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January 4, 2017
Intelligence is hard, thankless work. Fortunately, we have dedicated, patriotic, and courageous men and women on the job. Thanks.
— Martin Dempsey
Guantanamo does create a psychological scar on our national values. Whether it should or not, it does.
Under no circumstances should we relieve pressure on Iran relative to ballistic missile capabilities and arms trafficking.
The threats posed by Iran also included its support for proxies, arms trafficking, sea-based mines, and cyber activities.
Our Government's policy has been they will not get a nuclear weapon, and nothing we are talking about here today should change that policy.
The first step will be to prevent Iran from acquiring advanced, offensive weapons by working with our partners.
Under no circumstances should we relieve pressure on Iran relative to ballistic missile capabilities and arms trafficking.
ISIL would love nothing more than a large presence of United States forces on the ground in Iraq and Syria so that they could have a call to jihad.
Eliminating one terrible Middle Eastern dictator can too often lead to even more brutal influences filling the leadership vacuum
I would not recommend we put United States forces in harm's way... simply to stiffen the spine of local forces.