Martin Dempsey: “Our Government's policy has been they will not get a nuclear weapon, and nothing we are talking about here today should…”

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.

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

I have one sacred obligation to the young men and women who serve. And only one.