Admiral Michael Mullen: “The enemy in Afghanistan is not the insurgent; the enemy is fear.”

I remain concerned that the pace of current operations prevents our forces from training across the entire range of operations and erodes our readiness to counter future threats.

The prospect of unsecure nuclear weapons or materials, and their acquisition and use by al Qaeda or an affiliate, is a serious threat that DOD addresses in the NMS as well as in our operational planning efforts.

The direction you get from a President in a situation like that is 'Do everything you can.' It's all the guidance that you need.

The national debt's the number-one security threat of the United States of America.