I think if and when we do change the retirement system, we need to be very clear, right up front with the new cohorts coming in, as to what that retirement system is.
this is a zero-sum game that you're in, in terms of the way the budget caps work
We need to have our entire combat air forces, 80 percent of that has to be ready in 30 days.
Risk equals young men and women's lives.
It was designed to be stupid and it succeeded brilliantly.
Are there morale issues in terms of multiple deployments, longer deployments? Is there a stress factor on your men and w...
I think it is really important to realize that what we have is a breathing space, not a solution.
We hope the Army does not go to 420,000, but it is probably going to somewhere in the neighborhood of 450,000.
If you take us to sequestration, we have already said that is going to be 175,000.
Full sequestration would take you to 420,000.
I hope if we have to make those decisions, you will stand behind us.