"The President has promised to build a military that far outpaces our rivals."
"The last administration made severe cuts to the Defense budget, which Congress did far too little to oppose."
"A strong Air Force is key to our joint war fighting capability."
"At the very moment when the dangers to our country are increasing, the Air Force's capacity, readiness, and capabilities are decreasing."
"Does the Army need a modernization command, unity of effort, agility to stay ahead of the threat and innovation?"
"Cold weather mountainous training in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas, which I strongly support."
"No doubt about that as was true in the Cold War as well in Central America and Grenada and the threats from Cuba."
"For the life of our country, we have mostly thought away games, especially in the last 100 years."
"Given the changing face of war in the future... what differences would you expect to see in ground combat leaders of the future?"
"I do expect that we will be fighting away games because, quite frankly, that is a premise of our national security strategy."
"The nature of this future battlefield... makes that unavoidable."