None of us want to see that happen.
It sure is. The last time we balanced the budget, I thought we were in Valhalla.
I'm probably one of the few people here that, having worked on a number of budget summits, ultimately did achieve a bala...
I think the key is not to take the simple way out, which is to reduce everything by some kind of percentage across the b...
This isn't a cost that we ought to bear. It's a cost that NATO and others ought to bear as well.
We believe a relationship with the ISF will be an important part of a broader enduring partnership with the Iraqi people...
It is profoundly in the American national interest that it emerge as a strategic partner for the United States.
I know you share my concern about sequester.
We must preserve capabilities that are most important to protecting our vital interests, and we must avoid hollowing out...
I want to thank you, on their behalf, for your support in a time of war, and for your determination to join me in doing ...
We do not have to make a choice between fiscal security and national security.
I want to thank you on their behalf for your dedication and for your support, particularly in a time of war.
The message they need to know is: we're going to do everything we can to defend our forces.
We are planning to remove all of our troops from Iraq by the end of the year.
My goal is to make that risk acceptable.
It is clear that achieving these savings will be very hard and require difficult tradeoffs for the Department and the co...
I want to be clear that, obviously, any future security relationship in Iraq will be different from the one that we've h...
I want to caution strongly against further cuts to defense as we go through that, particularly with the mechanism that's...
