Martin Dempsey

I share alarm about the future of Iraq, and we are developing a full range of options to help stabilize the region.

If we have fewer forces forward, we will be less deterrent and less reassuring to our allies.

We owe them a little certainty in their lives.

There are five or six or seven places you can find money in a budget. They have looked. There is nothing left under the mattress.

I have said before and I believe it today as well that today's readiness problem is tomorrow's retention problem.

This is a community that has faced and overcome crises with resilience and strength.

If we increase our supply of oil, especially into Eastern Europe, we will dent Russia's leverage on other countries and reduce the revenues that fund Russia's aggression.

As we look at our strategies for the future I think we have got to pay more and particular attention to energy as an instrument of national power, and I think that has to be factored in to the equation here.

An energy independent and net exporter of energy as a nation has the potential to change the security environment around the world, notably in Europe and in the Middle East.

An energy independent U.S. and a net exporter of energy as a nation has the potential to change the security environment around the world, notably in Europe and in the Middle East. And so, as we look at our strategies for the future, I…

An energy independent and net exporter of energy as a nation has the potential to change the security environment around the world.

It pains me to hear the characterization of balancing the budget on the backs of our service men and women.