Michael G. Mullen: “I can only say, as a result obviously of some very difficult lessons from Iraq, we're applying them directly in…”

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.

Our fellow citizens are not the enemy and must never become so.

This is a moment when more investment in diplomacy and development is needed, not less.

It sickened me yesterday to see security personnel, including members of the National Guard forcibly and violently clearing the path through Lafayette Square to accommodate the President's visit outside St. John's Church.