Chuck Hagel said...

the mission he has been tasked with is to degrade and destroy, not to contain, not to minimize, et cetera.

Over time if ISIL is not stopped, and with the economic power that it has now, then what I would foresee happening, not ...

There's a perception that it is the military's responsibility to fix the problem. Problems are not fixed by militaries.

If Congress blocks these changes without adjusting current budget caps, or if sequestration remains the law, it will jeo...