Martin Dempsey: “I have one sacred obligation to the young men and women who serve. And only one.”

Simply stated, sequestration will result in a dramatic change to how we protect our Nation and how we promote our national security interests.

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.

Funding lower than President's budget 2016 and lacking the flexibility to make the internal reforms that we believe we need to make will put us in a position where we will have to change our national security strategy.

It is in our national security interest to counter ISIL, wherever we find them.