Martin Dempsey: “I am not going to be the Chairman on whose watch that is reversed.”

My view at this point is that this coalition is the appropriate way forward. I believe that will prove true. But if it fails to be true, and if there are threats to the United States then, I, of course, would go back to the president and…

I have one sacred obligation to the young men and women who serve. And only one.

we are putting our military on a path where the force is so degraded and so unready that it would be immoral to use force.

This is a community that has faced and overcome crises with resilience and strength.