Michael G. Mullen: “The presence piece of this is so powerful in so many ways, and it's enduring, and it prevents conflicts.”

It's less about Mr. Bannon himself and more just about not politicizing a really critical institution in terms of the national security of the United States.

Our debt is our greatest national security threat because it jeopardizes our ability to fund defense.

You know, or you should, that public debt this large weighs heavily on economic growth, crowding out private investment and discouraging it through uncertainty.

Our fellow citizens are not the enemy and must never become so.