Michael G. Mullen

The defense of our Nation is the greatest challenge we face.

the greatest threat to our national security is literally our debt and deficit

A Nation with our current levels of unsustainable debt cannot hope to sustain for very long its superiority from a military perspective or its influence in world affairs.

U.N. peacekeepers help reduce the risks that major U.S. military interventions may be required to restore stability.

Why do you care whether she's a good witness or a bad witness? It's your job to get to the truth for the American people and for the families of those four individuals who lost their lives, not to give a heads-up to the higher-ups in the…

I have lived my life focusing on accountability, and I feel very strongly about that.

My worst nightmare is terrorists with nuclear weapons.

the most significant threat to our national security is our debt.

Our national debt is our biggest national security threat.

the greatest threat to our national security is our debt

We are not going to solve that debt problem on the back of DOD.

We must work toward a reconciliation process internal to Afghanistan that provides for redress of grievances and a state-to-state interaction between Afghanistan and Pakistan to resolve matters of mutual concern.