Martin Dempsey: “Simply stated, sequestration will result in a dramatic change to how we protect our Nation and how we promote our…”

As we look at our strategies for the future I think we have got to pay more and particular attention to energy as an instrument of national power, and I think that has to be factored in to the equation here.

I would not recommend we put United States forces in harm's way... simply to stiffen the spine of local forces.

If anybody here thinks I want to be the Chairman that goes down in history for having carved up pay and compensation and health care, I assure you I do not. I don't want to be that Chairman. The problem is there's going to be a Chairman…

eliminating one terrible Middle Eastern dictator can too often lead to even more brutal influences filling the leadership vacuum