Chuck Hagel said...

It is in our country's national security interest to degrade Assad's chemical weapons capabilities.

Hagel states the importance of degrading Assad's chemical weapons for national security.

09/09/2013

More Chuck Hagel Quotes

The President says a lot of things, and I do not know why he says that...

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

Well, first recognize that we have a problem and then start addressing the problem, locally, nationally, globally.

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