Deborah Lee James: “I think virtually everybody agrees that we would like to, as the United States of America, not be so reliant on a…”

We made assumptions that we wouldn't be using Army forces in Europe the way we used to, we made assumptions that we wouldn't go back into Iraq--and here we are back in Iraq, here we are worried about Russia again.

The era in which the United States could project military power without challenge has ended.

There have been actions and then there have been investments, I will say, on the part of China and Russia which are very worrying to the United States.

If you are reduced to one single way, that is the equivalent of putting all your eggs in one basket.