We do not live that way anymore. We have suburbs and we have spread out from our towns.
The problem with that is that kids end up in institutions where they are not learning anything year after year after year, and they just fal...
On the human capital question that you were raising at the end about finding administrators, finding teachers in rural areas, we face this i...
I think maybe one way to think about that is there is a difference between giving people the flexibility to do something and giving people t...
How are you going to convey the seriousness of the threats that now are framed in this geek-speak way?
I know you're passionate about this. I know we've talked about the very interesting similarities between outer space and inner space, inner ...
I think by passing New START we could continue to have those negotiations further about tactical nuclear weapons.
I support the way forward, and I'm going to very carefully study the assessments at the end of this year and as we move forward.
I hold the President responsible, on down through the chain of command, that we'll get the kind of unified team in Afghanistan to make this ...
The best generals always seem to work for the newspapers.
The potential to generate an escalating conflict is not insignificant, much like we saw during the Cold War era with nuclear weapons.
It seems to me--and I'm thinking out loud, which can be dangerous--that if you have a kinetic environment, say at a forward operating base i...
But at the same time, I understand there are some vulnerabilities that may arise because of the deployment of the smart grid technologies.
I think these information assurance programs between industry, government, and understanding the full spectrum of threats that we face from ...
I think the STEM program is something as a country we have to be focused on.
We can certainly track, for example, if a nuclear weapon is used the perpetrator of that particular attack.
The old doctrine--and it's still in some cases a very effective doctrine--of mutually assured destruction or deterrence certainly could perh...
If confirmed, I will look into the issue and how they impact the Army.