Chuck Hagel: “I think the next few years are going to be as defining and as important in this country truly as any few years…”

It just feeds into all that instability, and unrest, and unpredictability, which makes a damn dangerous world.

Our nuclear deterrent plays a critical role in assuring U.S. national security and it is DOD'S highest priority mission. No other capability we have is more important.

The President has said, many times, still strongly believes, that Assad has lost the legitimacy to govern his own people.

They're not trained for law enforcement.