I hope that once you assume your position here, you will resist the notion to get on an airplane and go say 'hi' around the world.
I would ask that be submitted and included in the record as well.
But, also a national army is a component of a viable national government.
They really don't add, quite frankly, to the security of the United States to have them as members of NATO.
I regretfully say I think that the Army really failed the Tillman family.
We have, on the one hand, I think, become a much more unilateral guarantor among the NATO countries for security issues.
I have some real concerns about what has happened to the NATO Alliance, not with respect to Afghanistan, but I guess the only phrase you can...
I really mean that. You did mention other notable Americans who died of friendly-fire incidents on the battlefield.
Anything that would diminish that status is something we have to guard against.
My strongest objections early on were the interference of the political process into the day-to-day decisions that should have been left to ...
For every slot that is given to one person, it is arguably taken away from someone else.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. First, Mr. Chairman, I would offer a comment about the preparation that Dr. Westphal has made for this position.
I have often remarked, as someone who grew up in that environment and also had to watch a son and a son-in-law deployed to combat, it is pro...
It points to a concern that a lot of people who have served and a lot of people who have written about the situation in Afghanistan share. T...
Do you have an idea about how these monies are going to be paid to this national army?
I wrote and introduced my first day in office, that 75 percent of the soldiers in the Army leave the military on or before the end of their ...
I really believe the greatest challenge for the VA is simple leadership.
I think your selection, General Shinseki, is an inspired act of leadership by the incoming President.
