Admiral Michael Mullen: “I support the warfighting analysis that underpins 313 ships as well as that behind 11 deployable aircraft carriers.”

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

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

I think the biggest threat we have to our national security is our debt.