I am concerned that we are making decisions and doing drawdowns and force reductions based upon old news.
We ought to be using contractors for everything but fighting.
I think that was a tremendous strategic mistake in retrospect, because the world has changed and now suddenly we are in competition with Rus...
I share my colleagues' concern that we are facing a new round of challenges around the world and we really have to revisit that decision.
It's unbelievably important for you gentlemen to give your unvarnished, best advice up the chain of command.
I think it's very important to be as clear as we can with the North Koreans about what the rules of engagement are.
The particular issue of concern to me is the issue of ground troops. We're not going to defeat ISIL strictly from the air.
I think, hopefully, that will be a spur to these discussions.
I would hope that our rules of engagement can be rather clear in order to avoid the possibility of hostilities inadvertently escalating.
We can't have our friends not getting along. And so, let's try to find ways to work together.
We do not want to militarize the border, but to the extent we can coordinate better, utilize the resources that you will have, General, in y...