Martin Dempsey

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

We owe them a little certainty in their lives.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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…

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