Chuck Hagel said...

Our nuclear deterrent plays a critical role in assuring U.S. national security and it is DOD'S highest priority mission....

If Congress would not agree to that request, it would be a pretty devastating message that we send to the world.

It is up to the people of Afghanistan to make these decisions--their military, their new leadership that will be coming ...

We are in a different situation today, in what the President has laid out to the American people as to what his objectiv...