Martin Dempsey: “The first step will be to prevent Iran from acquiring advanced, offensive weapons by working with our partners.”

Under no circumstances should we relieve pressure on Iran relative to ballistic missile capabilities and arms trafficking.

If anybody here thinks I want to be the Chairman that goes down in history for having carved up pay and compensation and health care, I assure you I do not. I don't want to be that Chairman. The problem is there's going to be a Chairman…

I would not recommend we put United States forces in harm's way... simply to stiffen the spine of local forces.

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.