Admiral Michael Mullen: “The national debt's the number-one security threat of the United States of America.”

To achieve operational energy reductions, the Department tripled investment in energy security technology over the last 4 years, from $400 million to $1.2 billion.

The Afghan Government needs to at some point in time appear to actually have some legitimacy in the eyes of its people.

For me, personally, it comes down to integrity, theirs as individuals and ours as an institution.

The President focused on asking the hard questions and took the time to carefully consider all of the options.