"We need resources matched to strategy, strategy matched to policy, and policy matched to the will of the American people. This budget gives us the resources we need to deliver on that promise."
"Nobody wants to see a nuclear war. Nobody can win that. I think it's unhelpful and dangerous for the rattle sabers and speculate about the use of nuclear weapons."
"We all start today from a position of moral clarity. Russia is waging a war of choice to indulge the ambitions of one man. Ukraine is fighting a war of necessity, to defend its democracy, its sovereig..."
"On the world stage, we`ve got, you know, what Secretary of Defense Lloyd`s Austin said it was a moral clarity helping Ukraine defend itself as a democracy that has been invaded, right?"
"I'd like this whole group today to leave with a common and transparent understanding of Ukraine's near term security requirements because we're going to keep moving heaven and earth so that we can mee..."
"Putin never imagined that the world would rally behind Ukraine so swiftly and surely."
"Ukraine can win this war if they have the right support, and we want to give them the right support."
"We want to see Russia weakened to the degree that it can`t do the kinds of things that it has done in invading Ukraine."
"It must now be the goal of Ukraine’s allies, including the United States, to weaken the Russian military so they can’t do stuff like this anymore."
"U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is expected to host a big meeting tomorrow at the U.S. airbase in Germany, the Ramstein Air Base. The topic of the meeting is Ukraine."
"They have the mindset that they want to win. We have a mindset that we want to help them win. And we are going to do that."
"We want to see Russia weakened to a degree that it can`t do the kinds of things that it has done in invading Ukraine."