Martin Dempsey: “we have no slack, no margin left for error or strategic surprise”

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.

If he wants someone waterboarded, he better bring his own bucket.

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.

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