Martin Dempsey: “I have said before and I believe it today as well that today's readiness problem is tomorrow's retention problem.”

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.

we have the capability to use a military option if the Iranians choose to stray off the diplomatic path.

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.

we are putting our military on a path where the force is so degraded and so unready that it would be immoral to use force.