I always am concerned about the pressures on the budget that are used, at times, to use well-intended programs just to produce savings rather than to produce better outcomes.
We have seen in previous efforts to impose delivery system changes that are more cost-effective, give you better value, ...
What happens after we take territory? We have had military success in the past. Can we hold that military success?
But as they start to lose territory, is it likely that they may accelerate that part of their campaign?
We will only support forces on the ground operating strictly under Iraqi command and control.
First of all, Shia militias have to act under the control of the Iraqi Government, the Iraqi state.
ISIL's territory is shrinking, losing nearly 50 percent of territory once controlled in Iraq and 20 percent in Syria.
We must not allow them to succeed.
Our global campaign plan... seeks to defeat ISIL in each of these three areas.
NATO is extremely important but it is an alliance, and if it does not act as an alliance, if there is not a shared commi...
It is interesting. I would say the two most important organizations for security of Europe is NATO and EU.