Michael G. Mullen: “My personal view, as I have expressed, is that current law and policy conflict with our core value of integrity.”

the greatest national security threat America faced was our deficit and accumulated debt.

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

You know, or you should, that public debt this large weighs heavily on economic growth, crowding out private investment and discouraging it through uncertainty.

Our debt is our greatest national security threat because it jeopardizes our ability to fund defense.